Rhynchotrochus rollsianus is a species of land snail in the family Camaenidae.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 in 1887 as Helix (Papuina) rollsiana.
A later (detailed) redescription (in Latin, in 1897) of a specimen from Ferguson Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, is given by Wilhelm Kobelt and others. In 1941 Tom Iredale 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.
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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