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Discopsis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Littorinimorpha

Discopsis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tornidae.

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Taxonomy

Rolán & Rubio (2002: 46) hold Discopsis as a valid genus, distinct from Cochliolepis Stimpson, 1858, on the grounds that the latter belongs in the family Vitrinellidae and the former in Tornidae. This should be reevaluated in the perspective that both families are considered synonyms. Adam & Knudsen (1969) may have been right in placing the West African species in Cochliolepis.

Species

Species within the genus Discopsis include:

  • Discopsis apertus Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Discopsis costulatus de Folin, 1870
  • Discopsis dautzenbergi (Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
  • Discopsis deprellus (Strong, 1938)
  • Discopsis exmilitare Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Discopsis ferreirorum Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Discopsis gruveli (Dautzenberg, 1912)
  • Discopsis irregularis Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Discopsis jullieni (Adam & Knudsen, 1969)
  • Discopsis liliae Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Discopsis militare (Jousseaume, 1872)
  • Discopsis nodulosus Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Discopsis omalos (de Folin, 1870)
  • Discopsis radians (Rolán & Rubio, 1990)
  • Discopsis rarus Rolán & Rubio, 2002
  • Discopsis reductus (Rolán & Rubio, 1990)
  • Discopsis similis Rolán & Rubio, 2002
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • Discopsis niasensis Thiele, 1925: synonym of Anticlimax niasensis (Thiele, 1925)
  • Discopsis padangensis Thiele, 1925: synonym of Anticlimax padangensis (Thiele, 1925)

    • References

    Discopsis Wikipedia
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