Biology:Allodiscus

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Allodiscus is a genus of land snails belonging to the family Charopidae.[1] The genus was described by Henry Augustus Pilsbry in 1892.[2]

Taxonomy

Pilsbry in 1892 originally described Allodiscus as a subgenus of Helix, naming H. dimorpha (Allodiscus dimorphus) as the type species.[2] A revision of the genus in 2008 saw the addition of 31 new species.[3]

Distribution

The genus is found in New Zealand, the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands and on New Caledonia.[1]

Species

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named GBIF
  2. 2.0 2.1  , Wikidata Q129527710
  3. Marshall, Bruce; Barker, Gary (1 June 2008). "A revision of the New Zealand landsnails referred to Allodiscus Pilsbry, 1892 and Pseudallodiscus Climo, 1971, with the introduction of three new genera (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Charopidae)". Tuhinga 19: 57–167. doi:10.3897/tuhinga.19.e34170. 

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