''Spelaeodiscus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of very small air-breathing

land snail A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...

s, terrestrial

pulmonate Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk 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 e ...

s in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae.

Species

The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contains the following species: * '' Spelaeodiscus albanicus'' (Wagner, 1914)"Species in genus ''Spelaeodiscus''"
(n=7). AnimalBase, accessed 24 April 2011. * '' Spelaeodiscus bulgaricus'' (Subai & Dedov, 2008) * '' Spelaeodiscus dejongi'' Gittenberger, 1969 * ''

Spelaeodiscus hauffeni ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae. Species The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contai ...

'' (Schmidt, 1855) - type species * ''

Spelaeodiscus obodensis ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae. Species The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contai ...

'' Bole, 1965 * '' Spelaeodiscus triarius'' (Rossmässler, 1839) - synonym: ''Spelaeodiscus tatricus'' Hazay, 1883 * ''

Spelaeodiscus unidentatus ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as mollus ...

'' Bole, 1961

References

External links

* http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=620 Spelaeodiscidae Taxa named by Spiridon Brusina Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Stylommatophora-stub