Discidae
| Discidae | |
|---|---|
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| A live individual of Discus rotundatus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Discidae Thiele, 1931 (1866) |
| Synonyms | |
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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:
- Atlantica Ancey, 1887[2]
- subgenus Canaridiscus Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011[2]
- Discus Fitzinger, 1833
- Anguispira Morse, 1864
- Speleodiscoides Smith, 1957
- Zonodiscus Pilsbry, 1948 - or as a subgenus of Anguispira
References
- ↑ Bouchet P.; Rocroi J.-P.; Frýda J.; Hausdorf B.; Ponder W.; Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
- 1 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.
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