Biology:Discidae

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Short description: Family of gastropods

Discidae
Discus rotundatus.jpg
A live individual of Discus rotundatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Discidae
Thiele, 1931 (1866)
Synonyms

Patulinae Tryon, 1866 Gonyodiscinae A. J. Wagner, 1928 Anguispiridae MacMillan, 1955 (n.a.)

Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.[1]

Genera

The family Discidae has no subfamilies. Genera within the family Discidae include:

  • Anguispira Morse, 1864
  • Calogoniodiscus Pfeffer, 1930
  • Canaridiscus Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011[2]
  • Coxiola Pfeffer, 1930
  • Discus Fitzinger, 1833
  • Manganellia Harzhauser, Neubauer & Georgopoulou in Harzhauser et al., 2014
  • Protodiscus Solem & Yochelson, 1979
Synonyms
  • Zonodiscus Pilsbry, 1948 [3] - or as a subgenus of Anguispira: synonym of Anguispira (Zonodiscus) Pilsbry, 1948, represented as Anguispira Morse, 1864

References

  1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel; Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 
  2. Yanes Y., Holyoak G. A., Holyoak D. T., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2011). "A new Discidae subgenus and two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Canary Islands". Zootaxa 2911: 43-49. PDF.
  3. Pilsbry, H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Volume 2, Part 2. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph No. 3.

Wikidata ☰ Q1515921 entry