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Atlantica Ancey 1887, n. subgen

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Genus Atlantica Ancey, 1887

Atlantica (Canaridiscus) Alonso & Ibáñez, n. subgen. Type species: Atlantica saproxylophaga sp. nov.

Diagnosis. Shell depressed, without tooth-shaped lamellae on the inside of the body whorl. Penis long to very long; penial retractor muscle inserted near the penis/vas deferens junction: there is no epiphallus and flagellum, as in the other Discidae; bursa copulatrix small; bursa duct long, thin, without diverticulum; albumen gland short; hermaphrodite duct very long.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 43-49 in Zootaxa 2911 on page 44, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.203498

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