Discula | |
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Discula polymorpha shell | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: |
Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852 [1] |
Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. [2] [3]
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 in the genus Discula include:
synonyms:
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.
Discula | |
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Discula polymorpha shell | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Geomitridae |
Genus: |
Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852 [1] |
Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae. [2] [3]
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 in the genus Discula include:
synonyms:
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.