Discula
Genus of gastropods
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Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.[2][3]
| Discula | |
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| Discula polymorpha shell | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852[1] |
Shell description
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)[4]
- Discula echinulata is a synonym for Hystricella echinulata[5]
- Discula oxytropis is a synonym for Wollastonaria oxytropis[6]
- Discula testudinalis is a synonym for Testudodiscula testudinalis
- Discula turricula is a synonym for Hystricella turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831)[7]
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.
