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Discula rotula (R. T. Lowe 1831)

Discula rotula

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Discula rotula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Habitat

This species is endemic to the Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal, where it can be found under rocks.

Description

The shell of this snail has a discoid shape with small transversal grooves and some granules scattered along the sutures. This brownish-yellow shell is somewhat concave at its base. The oblique aperture has an oval shape. The shell is characteristic by its horizontal stripe on the last body whorl and two stripes at its base.

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Discula rotula: Brief Summary

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Discula rotula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

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