Allodiscus

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Allodiscus
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Allodiscus dimorphus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Subfamily: Charopinae
Genus: Allodiscus
Pilsbry, 1892
Species[1]

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Synonyms
  • Allodisens Gabriel, 1929
  • Psyra Hutton, 1883
  • Pysra Pilsbry, 1892

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

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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

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

Species

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References

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