Discula
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Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.[1][2]
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:
- Discula attrita
- Discula bulverii
- Discula calcigena
- Discula cheiranthicola
- Discula cockerelli
- Discula leacockiana
- Discula lyelliana
- Discula polymorpha
- Discula pulvinata
- Discula rotula
- Discula tabellata
- Discula tectiformis
- Discula tetrica
synonyms:
- Discula bicarinata is a synonym for Hystricella bicarinata (Sowerby, 1824)[3]
- Discula echinulata is a synonym for Hystricella echinulata[4]
- Discula oxytropis is a synonym for Wollastonaria oxytropis[5]
- Discula testudinalis is a synonym for Testudodiscula testudinalis
- Discula turricula is a synonym for Hystricella turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831)[6]
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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