Disculella

Genus of gastropods

Disculella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Geomitrinae
Genus: Disculella
Pilsbry, 1895
Synonyms
  • Geomitra (Disculella) Pilsbry, 1895 (original rank)
  • Helix (Placentula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 (invalid: junior homonym of Placentula Lamarck, 1822; Disculella is a replacement name.)

Disculella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Disculella include:

  • Disculella compar (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
  • Disculella madeirensis (W. Wood, 1828)
  • Disculella spirulina (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1921)

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Disculella Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996330 on 2022-07-18

External links

  • Pilsbry, H. A. (1893-1895). Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species. Ser. 2, Pulmonata. Vol. 9: Helicidae, Vol. 7, Guide to the study of Helices. pp 1-225, pls 1-61. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences
  • Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London
Taxon identifiers
Disculella


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