''Disculella'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate gastropod mollusks
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the family
Geomitridae
Geomitridae is a taxonomic family of small to medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Helicoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Geomitridae C.R. Boettger, 1909. Accessed throu ...
, the hairy snails and their allies.
[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]
Species
Species within the genus ''Disculella'' include:
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Disculella compar
''Disculella'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Disculella Pilsbry, 1895. A ...
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(R. T. Lowe, 1831)
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Disculella madeirensis
''Disculella madeirensis'' is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies. This species is endemic to Madeira
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(W. Wood, 1828)
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Disculella spirulina
''Disculella spirulina'' is a species of gastropod in the Geomitridae family.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Disculella spirulina (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecie ...
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(T. D. A. Cockerell, 1921)
References
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 SciencesLowe, 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
Geomitridae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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