Discidae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Discus_rotundatus.jpg

| image_caption = A live individual of Discus rotundatus

| taxon = Discidae

| authority = Thiele, 1931 (1866)

| synonyms =

Patulinae Tryon, 1866

Gonyodiscinae A. J. Wagner, 1928

Anguispiridae MacMillan, 1955 (n.a.)

}}

Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.{{Bouchet 2005}}

Genera

The family Discidae has no subfamilies. Genera within the family Discidae include:

  • Anguispira Morse, 1864
  • Calogoniodiscus Pfeffer, 1930
  • Canaridiscus Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011Yanes Y., Holyoak G. A., Holyoak D. T., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2011). "A new Discidae subgenus and two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Canary Islands". Zootaxa 2911: 43-49. [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02911p049.pdf PDF].
  • Coxiola Pfeffer, 1930
  • Discus Fitzinger, 1833
  • Manganellia Harzhauser, Neubauer & Georgopoulou in Harzhauser et al., 2014
  • Protodiscus Solem & Yochelson, 1979

;Synonyms:

  • Zonodiscus Pilsbry, 1948Pilsbry, H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Volume 2, Part 2. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph No. 3. - or as a subgenus of Anguispira: synonym of Anguispira (Zonodiscus) Pilsbry, 1948, represented as Anguispira Morse, 1864

References

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