Canaridiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Discidae, the disk snails. [1]

Canaridiscus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Discidae
Genus: Canaridiscus
M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011
Synonyms
  • Atlantica (Canaridiscus) M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011 (original rank)
  • Discus (Canaridiscus) M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011 ·

Distribution

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All species are endemic to the Canary Islands.

Taxonomy

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Before promotion to full Genus, Canaridiscus was a subgenus, initially of Atlantica and later of Discus.

Species

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Species within the genus Canaridiscus include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2022). Canaridiscus M. R. Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995315 on 2023-06-19
  • Yanes, Yurena, Holyoak, Geraldine A., Holyoak, David T., Alonso, Maria R., Ibáñez, Miguel (2011): A new Discidae subgenus and two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Canary Islands. Zootaxa 2911: 43–49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203498