Austrodiscus
Extinct genus of gastropods
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Austrodiscus is a fossil genus of medium-sized air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropods in the family Charopidae.
| Austrodiscus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | †Austrodiscus Parodiz, 1957 |
| Species | |
This genus is known from the Paleocene deposits of the Itaboraí Basin, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, although the placement of the species (A. lopesi) in this genus remains uncertain.[1]
Species
The genus includes the following species:
- A. lopesi Fereira & Coelho, 1989.