Disculella spirulina

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Seddon, M.B. |date=2011 |title=Disculella spirulina |volume=2011 |page=e.T40043A10310451 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T40043A10310451.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| genus = Disculella

| species = spirulina

| authority = (Cockerell, 1921)

| synonyms =

  • Geomitra (Disculella) spirulina T. D. A. Cockerell, 1921 (basionym)
  • Helix (Placentula) spirorbis R. T. Lowe, 1852
  • Ochthephila spirulina (Cockerell, 1921)

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Disculella spirulina is a species of gastropod in the Geomitridae family.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Disculella spirulina (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002366 on 2022-07-19

It is endemic to the island Madeira, Portugal. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

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  • Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
  • Cameron, R. A. D., Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology. 44(1): 53–70.