Discula tabellata

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Discula tabellata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Order:Stylommatophora
Family:Geomitridae
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Discula tabellata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Discula
Species:
D. tabellata
Binomial name
Discula tabellata
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
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Distribution

This species occurs in Madeira, Portugal.[1]

Shell description

The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.

Conservation status

This species is endangered, as mentioned in annexes II and IV of Habitats Directive.

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