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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
Geographical Range:
L.S.
Notes:
Land, Native - Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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