Pleurodiscus

For the algae, see Zygnema.

Pleurodiscus
A shell of Pleurodiscus balmei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Order:
Pulmonata
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Pleurodiscidae

Wenz, 1923
Genus:
Pleurodiscus

Wenz, 1919[1]
species

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Pleurodiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.

Pleurodiscus is the only genus in the family Pleurodiscidae.

Species

Species within the genus Pleurodiscus include:

References

  1. ^ (in German) Wenz, W. (1919). "Zur Systematik tertiärer Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 51(2): 76-79. Frankfurt am Main.
  2. ^ a b c d "Species in genus Pleurodiscus" (n=4). AnimalBase, accessed 15 February 2010.
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