Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.[2][3]
Shell description
The shell of these snails is shaped rather like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.
Species
Species in the genus Discula include:
synonyms:
Note
The name Discula is ambiguous and also refers to a genus of fungi in the family Valsaceae to which belongs the plant pathogen dogwood anthracnose Discula destructiva.
References
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^ Lowe R. T. (1852). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (2)9: 116.
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^ Razkin, Oihana; Gómez-Moliner, Benjamín Juán; Prieto, Carlos Enrique; Martínez-Ortí, Alberto; Arrébola, José Ramón; Muñoz, Benito; Chueca, Luis Javier; Madeira, María José (February 2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the western Palaearctic Helicoidea (Gastropoda, Stylommatophora)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 83: 99–117. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 25485783.
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^ Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 19 December 2018.
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^ Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Hystricella bicarinata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T6724A12800659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6724A12800659.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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^ Neiber, M.T.; De Mattia, W.; Groh, K. (2018). "Hystricella echinulata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T6727A122351869. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T6727A122351869.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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^ Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Wollastonaria oxytropis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T6728A12801442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6728A12801442.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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^ Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Wollastonaria turricula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T6723A12800477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6723A12800477.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
