''Rhynchotrochus rollsianus'' is a species of land snail in the family

Camaenidae Camaenidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea, the typical snails and their allies. This is one of the most diverse families in the clade Stylommatophora. These ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Rhynchotrochus rollsianus (E. A. Smith, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1301025 on 2022-02-01 It was first described by

Edgar Albert Smith Edgar Albert Smith (29 November 1847 – 22 July 1916) was a British zoologist, a malacologist. His father was Frederick Smith, a well-known entomologist, and assistant keeper of zoology in the British Museum, Bloomsbury. Edgar Albert Smith w ...

in 1887 as ''Helix (Papuina) rollsiana''. A later (detailed) redescription (in Latin, in 1897) of a specimen from Ferguson Island in the

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, is given by

Wilhelm Kobelt Wilhelm Kobelt (20 February 1840 – 26 March 1916) was a German zoologist born in Alsfeld, Grand Duchy of Hesse. He specialized in the field of malacology. Kobelt is remembered for his work as curator of the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt am ...

and others. In 1941

Tom Iredale Tom Iredale (24 March 1880 – 12 April 1972) was an English-born ornithologist and malacologist who had a long association with Australia, where he lived for most of his life. He was an Autodidacticism, autodidact who never went to university ...

ascribed it to the new genus, ''Volenga'', to give the new name ''Volenga rollsiana''.

Description

The shell is depressed, with a rounded periphery. It is broader than tall and the shell has a violet mottling.

Distribution

This species has been found in

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

Gallery

Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.287883 - Rhynchotrochus rollsianus (Smith, 1887) - Camaenidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.397814 - Rhynchotrochus rollsianus (Smith, 1887) - Camaenidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.397815 - Rhynchotrochus rollsianus (Smith, 1887) - Camaenidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.397816 - Rhynchotrochus rollsianus (Smith, 1887) - Camaenidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

References

External links

Clench, W. J.; Turner, R. D. (1966). Monograph of the genus Rhynchotrochus (Papuininae: Camaenidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 1(9): 59-95
Camaenidae Gastropods described in 1887 Taxa named by Edgar Albert Smith Fauna of Papua New Guinea {{Camaenidae-stub