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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Rotadiscus (Genus)
> insularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ptychodon (Alsolemia) Climo, 1981
=Unilamellatus Weyrauch, 1965
Synonymised Names:
=Ptychodon insularis Climo, 1978
Images: Rotadiscus insularis (Climo, 1978)
Holotype, collected 30 Apr 1950, Sleepy Bay, SE of Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.028800). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 30 Apr 1950, Sleepy Bay, SE of Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.028800). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 30 Apr 1950, Sleepy Bay, SE of Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, NZ (M.028800). 2.5mm. © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CHAROPIDAE: ROTADISCINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Eupulmonata (Superorder)
> Stylommatophora (Order)
> Helicina (Suborder)
> [unassigned] Helicina (Infraorder)
> Punctoidea (Superfamily)
> Charopidae (Family)
> Rotadiscinae (Subfamily)
> Rotadiscus (Genus)
> insularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ptychodon (Alsolemia) Climo, 1981
=Unilamellatus Weyrauch, 1965
Synonymised Names:
=Ptychodon insularis Climo, 1978
Details: Rotadiscus insularis (Climo, 1978)
Distribution:
South Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. 1978 Classification of the New Zealand Arionacea (Mollusca: Pulmonata): A review of the New Zealand Charopine snails with lamellate apertures, National Museum of New Zealand Records, 1(11) (p.180) Original Description

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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