Discula testudinalis (Madeiran Land Snail)

Overview

Common Names in English:

Madeiran Land Snail

Biome: Terrestrial

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Fungi () - T.l. Jahn & F.f. Jahn, 1949 Ex R.t. Moore, 1980 - Fungi
  - Subkingdom: Dikarya () - D.s. Hibbett Et Al., in D.s. Hibbett Et Al., 2007
    - Phylum: Ascomycota () - H.c. Bold, 1957 Ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Sac Fungi
      - Subphylum: Pezizomycotina () - O.e. Eriksson & K. Winka, 1997
        Class: Sordariomycetes () - O.e. Eriksson & K. Winka, 1997
        Subclass: Sordariomycetidae () - O.e. Eriksson & K. Winka, 1997
        Order: Diaporthales () - Nannf., 1932
        Family: Valsaceae () - Tul. & C. Tul., 1861
        Genus: Discula ()
        Specific descriptor: testudinalis - (Pfeiffer, 1853)
        Scientific name: - Discula testudinalis (Pfeiffer, 1853)

There are approximately 44 species in this genus:

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Wells, S.M., Pyle, R.M. and Collins, N.M. (compilers) 1983. The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

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Seddon, M.B. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.