Discus (gastropod)

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Kingdom Animalia Family Discidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Genus		Superfamily Punctoidea Scientific name Discus Higher classification Discidae

Lower classifications Discus rotundatus, Discus ruderatus, Discus macclintocki, Discus perspectivus, Discus guerinianus

Discus is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Discidae, the disk snails.

Distribution

Distribution of the genus Discus include Europe, northern Asia and North America.

Discus species have small or medium shells with ribs. The umbilicus is wide.

Species in this genus include:

subgenus Discus Fitzinger, 1833

Discus ruderatus Férussac, 1821 - type species

subgenus Gonyodiscus Fitzinger, 1833

Discus perspectivus J. C. M. von Mühlfeld, 1816

Discus rotundatus (O. F. Müller, 1774) - rotund disc

subgenus ?

Discus brunsoni Berry, 1955 - Lake Disc

Discus bryanti (Harper, 1881) - saw-tooth disc, sawtooth disc

Discus catskillensis (Pilsbry, 1896) - angular disc

Discus clappi (Pilsbry, 1924) - channelled disc

Discus engonatus Shuttleworth, 1852 - extinct

Discus ganodus Mabille, 1882

Discus gomerensis Rähle, 1994

Discus guerinianus R. T. Lowe, 1852

Discus kompsus J. Mabille, 1883

Discus macclintocki F. C. Baker, 1928 - Iowa pleistocene snail, Pleistocene disc

Discus marmorensis H. B. Baker, 1932 - Marbled Disc

Discus nigrimontanus Pilsbry, 1924 - Black Mountain disc

Discus patulus (G. P. Deshayes, 1830) - domed disc

Discus putrescens (R. T. Lowe, 1861)

Discus retextus Shuttleworth, 1852

Discus scutula Shuttleworth, 1852

Discus selenitoides (Pilsbry, 1890) - file disc

Discus shimekii (Pilsbry, 1890) - Striate Disc

Discus textilis Shuttleworth, 1852 - extinct

Discus whitneyi (Newcomb, 1864) - Forest Disc

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