Radiodiscus iheringi

Radiodiscus iheringi is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae.

Radiodiscus iheringi
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Charopidae
Genus:	Radiodiscus
Species:	R. iheringi
Binomial name
Radiodiscus iheringi (Ancey, 1899)[2]
Synonyms
Stephanoda iheringi Ancey, 1899[2] Radiodiscus iheringi Smith, 1881 (authority error)[1]

This species was discovered and described by César Marie Félix Ancey as Stephanoda iheringi in 1899.^[2]

Fonseca and Thomé (1995)^[3] recombined it to Radiodiscus iheringi (Ancey, 1899)^[3] while they accidentally synonymized it with a newly created name Radiodiscus bolachaensis.^[3]

Saldago and Coelho (2003)^[4] clarified the situation: Endodonta iheringi Thiele, 1927 is a synonym for Radiodiscus bolachaensis Fonseca & Thomé, 1995.^[4]

Distribution

This species is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay.^[1]

The type locality is Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.^[2]