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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 SigmurethraSuperfamily: 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[citation needed]
- Zonodiscus Pilsbry, 1948[citation needed] - or as a subgenus of Anguispira
References
- ^ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology (Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks) 47 (1-2): 1–397. ISBN 3925919724. ISSN 0076-2997. http://www.archive.org/details/malacologia47122005inst.
- ^ a b 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.
External links
- Discidae at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
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