Discidae

Discidae
A live individual of Discus rotundatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Discidae
Thiele, 1931 (1866)
Synonyms

Patulinae Tryon, 1866 Gonyodiscinae A. J. Wagner, 1928 Anguispiridae MacMillan, 1955 (n.a.)

Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.[1]

Genera

The family Discidae has no subfamilies. Genera within the family Discidae include:

  • Atlantica Ancey, 1887[2]
    • subgenus Canaridiscus Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011[2]
  • Discus Fitzinger, 1833
  • Anguispira Morse, 1864
  • Speleodiscoides Smith, 1957
  • Zonodiscus Pilsbry, 1948 - or as a subgenus of Anguispira

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
  2. 1 2 Yanes Y., Holyoak G. A., Holyoak D. T., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2011). "A new Discidae subgenus and two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Canary Islands". Zootaxa 2911: 43-49. PDF.


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