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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
Geographical Range:
L.S.
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

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