Discidae

Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.[1]

Discidae
A live individual of Discus rotundatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Punctoidea
Family:	Discidae Thiele, 1931 (1866)
Synonyms
Patulinae Tryon, 1866 Gonyodiscinae A. J. Wagner, 1928 Anguispiridae MacMillan, 1955 (n.a.)

Genera

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

• Atlantica Ancey, 1887[2]
  • subgenus Canaridiscus Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011[2]
• Discus Fitzinger, 1833
• Anguispira Morse, 1864
• Speleodiscoides Smith, 1957[3]
• Zonodiscus Pilsbry, 1948 [4] - or as a subgenus of Anguispira

References

1. Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks. 47 (1–2): 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
2. Yanes 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. PDF.
3. Smith, A.G. 1957. Snails from California caves. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th Series 29(2):21-46. 2 plates.
4. Pilsbry, H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Volume 2, Part 2. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph No. 3.

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