Discula Explained
Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.[1]
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.
Further reading
- Shell form in Discula polymorpha. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 1979. 45. 45–51. Cook L. M. . Pettitt C. W. A. . 1. 10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065483.
- Robert A.D. Cameron . Laurence M. Cook . Glenn A. Goodfriend . Mary B. Seddon . Fossil land snail faunas of Porto Santo, Madeiran archipelago: change and stasis in Pleistocene to Recent Times. Malacologia. 2006. 49. 1. 25–59. 10.4002/1543-8120-49.1.25.
Notes and References
- 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. 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.014. 25485783. 1055-7903.
- Seddon, M.B. . 2011 . Hystricella bicarinata . 2011 . e.T6724A12800659 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6724A12800659.en . 18 November 2021.
- Neiber, M.T. . De Mattia, W. . Groh, K. . 2018 . Hystricella echinulata . 2018 . e.T6727A122351869 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T6727A122351869.en . 18 November 2021.
- Seddon, M.B. . 2011 . Wollastonaria oxytropis . 2011 . e.T6728A12801442 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6728A12801442.en . 18 November 2021.
- Seddon, M.B. . 2011 . Wollastonaria turricula . 2011 . e.T6723A12800477 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6723A12800477.en . 18 November 2021.