''Discopsis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of small
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Tornidae
Tornidae is a family (biology), family of very small and minute sea snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. This family used to be known as the Vitrinellidae.Bouchet ...
.
[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Discopsis de Folin, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138558 on 2014-12-10]
Taxonomy
Rolán & Rubio (2002: 46) hold ''Discopsis'' as a valid genus, distinct from ''
Cochliolepis
''Cochliolepis'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=tax ...
''
Stimpson, 1858, on the grounds that the latter belongs in the family
Vitrinellidae
Vitrinellidae is a family (biology), family of very small and minute sea snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea.MolluscaBase (2018). Vitrinellidae Bush, 1897. ...
and the former in
Tornidae
Tornidae is a family (biology), family of very small and minute sea snails with an Operculum (gastropod), operculum, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Littorinimorpha. This family used to be known as the Vitrinellidae.Bouchet ...
. This should be reevaluated in the perspective that both families are considered synonyms. Adam & Knudsen (1969) may have been right in placing the West African species in ''Cochliolepis''.
Species
Species within the genus ''Discopsis'' include:
* ''
Discopsis aperta''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002
* † ''
Discopsis canui''
(de Morgan, 1920)
* ''
Discopsis costulata''
de Folin, 1870
* ''
Discopsis dautzenbergi''
(Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
* ''
Discopsis deprellus''
(Strong, 1938)
* † ''
Discopsis europaea''
(de Stefani, 1888)
* ''
Discopsis exmilitaris''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002
* † ''
Discopsis falunica''
(de Morgan, 1920)
* ''
Discopsis ferreirorum''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002
* ''
Discopsis gruveli''
(Dautzenberg, 1912)
* ''
Discopsis irregularis''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002
* ''
Discopsis jullieni''
(Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
* ''
Discopsis liliae''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002
* ''
Discopsis militaris''
(Jousseaume, 1872)
* ''
Discopsis nodulosa''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002
* ''
Discopsis omalos''
(de Folin, 1870)
* † ''
Discopsis pontileviensis''
(de Morgan, 1920)
* † ''
Discopsis pseudocanui''
Landau, Ceulemans & Van Dingenen, 2018
* † ''
Discopsis pseudotinostoma''
(Boettger, 1907)
* ''
Discopsis radians''
(Rolán & Rubio, 1990)
* ''
Discopsis rara''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002
* ''
Discopsis reducta''
(Rolán & Rubio, 1990)
* ''
Discopsis similis
''Discopsis'' is a genus of small sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the Family (biology), family Tornidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Discopsis de Folin, 1870. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http:/ ...
''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002
* † ''
Discopsis trigonostoma''
(Basterot, 1825)
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Discopsis africana''
Bartsch, 1915 : synonym of ''
Cochliolepis planulata''
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1892)
* ''Discopsis alfredensis''
Bartsch, 1915: synonym of ''
Macromphalina alfredensis
''Macromphalina'' is a genus of very small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Vanikoridae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Macromphalina'' include:
* '' Macromphalina alfredensis'' (Bartsch, 1915)
* '' Macromphalina apexpla ...
''
(Bartsch, 1915)
* ''Discopsis apertus''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002 : synonym of ''Discopsis aperta''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Discopsis costulatus''
de Folin, 1870 : synonym of ''Discopsis costulata''
de Folin, 1870 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Discopsis exmilitare''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002 : synonym of ''Discopsis exmilitaris''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Discopsis niasensis''
Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Anticlimax niasensis''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''Discopsis nodulosus''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002 : synonym of ''Discopsis nodulosa''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Discopsis padangensis''
Thiele, 1925: synonym of ''
Anticlimax padangensis''
(Thiele, 1925)
* ''Discopsis rarus''
Rolán & Rubio, 2002 : synonym of ''Discopsis rara'' R
olán & Rubio, 2002 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Discopsis turtoni''
Bartsch, 1915 : synonym of ''
Cochliolepis turtoni''
(Bartsch, 1915) (original combination)
References
* Dautzenberg P., 1912 Mission Gruvel sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique (1909-1910): Mollusques marins. Annales de l'Institut Océanographique, Paris, (Nouvelle Série) 5(3) : 1-111, pl. 1-3.
* Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification''. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
External links
To World Register of Marine Species
Tornidae
Gastropod genera
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