Canaridiscus

Canaridiscus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Superfamily:	Punctoidea
Family:	Discidae
Genus:	Canaridiscus M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011
Synonyms
Atlantica (Canaridiscus) M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011 (original rank) Discus (Canaridiscus) M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011 ·

Canaridiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Discidae, the disk snails. [1]

Distribution

All species are endemic to the Canary Islands.

Taxonomy

Before promotion to full Genus, Canaridiscus was a subgenus, initially of Atlantica and later of Discus.

Species

Species within the genus Canaridiscus include:[1]

• Canaridiscus anagaensis (Ibáñez & D. T. Holyoak, 2011)
• Canaridiscus engonatus (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Canaridiscus ganodus (Mabille, 1882)
• Canaridiscus gomerensis (Rähle, 1994)
• Canaridiscus kompsus (Mabille, 1883)
• Canaridiscus laurisilvae (Allgaier & M. Klemm, 2012)
• Canaridiscus putrescens (R. T. Lowe, 1861)
• Canaridiscus retextus (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Canaridiscus rupivagus (Rähle & Allgaier, 2011)
• Canaridiscus saproxylophagus (M. R. Alonso, G. A. Holyoak & Yanes, 2011)
• Canaridiscus scutulus (Shuttleworth, 1852)
• Canaridiscus textilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). Canaridiscus M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995315 on 2023-06-19

• Yanes, Yurena, Holyoak, Geraldine A., Holyoak, David T., Alonso, Maria R., Ibáñez, Miguel (2011): A new Discidae subgenus and two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Canary Islands. Zootaxa 2911: 43–49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203498