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Disculella

Disculella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

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Disculella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Helicoidea
Family: Geomitridae
Subfamily: Geomitrinae
Genus: Disculella
Pilsbry, 1895
Synonyms
  • Geomitra (Disculella) Pilsbry, 1895 (original rank)
  • Helix (Placentula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 (invalid: junior homonym of Placentula Lamarck, 1822; Disculella is a replacement name.)

Disculella is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.1

Species

Species within the genus Disculella include:

References

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Disculella Pilsbry, 1895. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996330 on 2022-07-18
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