Spelaeodiscus

Spelaeodiscus is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae.

Spelaeodiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Spelaeodiscidae
Genus:
Spelaeodiscus

Diversity[2]
7 species

This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae.[3]

Species

The genus Spelaeodiscus contains the following species:

  • Spelaeodiscus albanicus (Wagner, 1914)[2]
  • Spelaeodiscus bulgaricus (Subai & Dedov, 2008)[2]
  • Spelaeodiscus dejongi Gittenberger, 1969[2]
  • Spelaeodiscus hauffeni (Schmidt, 1855) - type species[2]
  • Spelaeodiscus obodensis Bole, 1965[2]
  • Spelaeodiscus triarius (Rossmässler, 1839)[2] - synonym: Spelaeodiscus tatricus Hazay, 1883[4]
  • Spelaeodiscus unidentatus Bole, 1961[2]

References
  1. Brusina S. (1886). "Ueber die Mollusken-Fauna Oesterreich-Ungarns". Mittheilungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins für Steiermark 22(1885): 29-56. Graz.
  2. "Species in genus Spelaeodiscus" (n=7). AnimalBase, accessed 24 April 2011.
  3. 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.
  4. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Spelaeodiscus triarius ssp. tatricus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 April 2011.


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