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Genus of land snails

Allodiscus
Allodiscus dimorphus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Subfamily: Charopinae
Genus: Allodiscus
Pilsbry, 1892
Species

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Synonyms
  • Allodisens Gabriel, 1929
  • Psyra Hutton, 1883
  • Pysra Pilsbry, 1892

Allodiscus is a genus of land snails belonging to the family Charopidae. The genus was described by Henry Augustus Pilsbry in 1892.

Taxonomy

Pilsbry in 1892 originally described Allodiscus as a subgenus of Helix, naming H. dimorpha (Allodiscus dimorphus) as the type species. A revision of the genus in 2008 saw the addition of 31 new species.

Distribution

The genus is found in New Zealand, the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands and on New Caledonia.

Species

References

  1. ^ "Allodiscus Pilsbry, 1892". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ Pilsbry, Henry A. (1892). "Observations on the helices of New Zealand". The Nautilus. 6: 54–57. ISSN 0028-1344. Wikidata Q129527710.
  3. Marshall, Bruce A.; Barker, Gary M. (2008). "A revision of the New Zealand landsnails referred to Allodiscus Pilsbry, 1892 and Pseudallodiscus Climo, 1971, with the introduction of three new genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Charopidae)". Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. 19. Te Papa: 57–167. ISSN 1173-4337. Wikidata Q106839774.
Taxon identifiers
Allodiscus
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