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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)
> protoinsularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ptychodon (Alsolemia) Climo, 1981
=Unilamellatus Weyrauch, 1965
Images: Rotadiscus protoinsularis Climo, 1989
Holotype, collected 4 Oct 1983, Hackett Scenic Reserve, S of Nelson, NZ (M,086264). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 4 Oct 1983, Hackett Scenic Reserve, S of Nelson, NZ (M,086264). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Holotype, collected 4 Oct 1983, Hackett Scenic Reserve, S of Nelson, NZ (M,086264). © 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)
> protoinsularis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Ptychodon (Alsolemia) Climo, 1981
=Unilamellatus Weyrauch, 1965
Details: Rotadiscus protoinsularis Climo, 1989
Distribution:
South Island
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Climo, F.M. 1989 The panbiogeography of New Zealand as illuminated by the genus Fectola Iredale, 1915 and subfamily Rotadiscinae Pilsbry, 1927 (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Punctoidea: Charopidae), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 16(4) (p.621) 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