Rhynchotrochus rollsianus

Rhynchotrochus rollsianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Camaenidae
Genus: Rhynchotrochus
Species:
R. rollsianus
Binomial name
Rhynchotrochus rollsianus
(E.A.Smith, 1887))
Synonyms
  • Helix (Papuina) rollsiana E.A.Smith, 1887
  • Papuina rollsiana E.A.Smith, 1887
  • Rhynchotrochus (Rhynchotrochus) rollsianus (E. A. Smith, 1887)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Volenga rollsiana (E.A.Smith, 1887)

Rhynchotrochus rollsianus is a species of land[1] snail in the family Camaenidae.[2][1][3]

It was first described by Edgar Albert Smith in 1887 as Helix (Papuina) rollsiana.[2] [4]

A later (detailed) redescription (in Latin, in 1897) of a specimen from Ferguson Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, is given by Wilhelm Kobelt and others.[5] In 1941 Tom Iredale ascribed it to the new genus, Volenga, to give the new name Volenga rollsiana.[6]

Description

The shell is depressed, with a rounded periphery. It is broader than tall and the shell has a violet mottling.[6]

Distribution

This species has been found in Papua New Guinea.[7][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Greķe, K.; Telnov, D. (2014), Review and assessment of the literature on recent non-marine molluscs of the Papuan biogeographical region
  2. ^ a b c "Rhynchotrochus rollsianus (E.A.Smith, 1887)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhynchotrochus rollsianus (E. A. Smith, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1301025 on 2022-02-01
  4. ^ Smith, E. A. (1887). "Notes on some land-shells from New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 5. 19: 416–426 [423]. doi:10.1080/00222938709460274.
  5. ^ Kobelt, Wilhelm; Martini, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm; Chemnitz, Johann Hieronymus; Pfeiffer, Louis (1897). Die Familie der Heliceen : vierte Abtheilung. Vol. 1. Nürnberg: Verlag von Bauer & Raspe (Emil Küster).
  6. ^ a b Iredale, T. (1941). "A basic list of the land Mollusca of Papua". The Australian Zoologist. 10. Sydney: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales: 81.
  7. ^ "WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Rhynchotrochus rollsianus". www.bagniliggia.it. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
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