Overview
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Discula is a of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails.
Shell Description
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The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.
Species in the Genus discula
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- Discula bicarinata
- Discula bulweri
- Discula cheiranthicola
- Discula echinulata
- Discula leacockiana
- Discula lyelliana
- Discula oxytropis
- Discula tabellata
- Discula testudinalis
- Discula tetrica
- Discula turricula
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Note
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Discula is also the name of some plant pathogens belonging to the Fungi.
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Taxonomy
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The Genus Discula is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 44 species and subspecies in the Genus Discula: D. africana · D. albersi · D. attrita · D. betulina · D. bicarinata · D. brenckleana · D. bulweri · D. bulwerii · D. calcigena · D. calcigena barbozae · D. calcigena discina · D. campestris · D. caricis · D. ceanothi · D. cheiranthicola · D. cytosporea · D. destructiva (Dogwood Anthracnose) · D. dianthi · D. echinulata · D. fraxinea · D. junci · D. kriegeriana · D. leacockiana (Madeiran Land Snail) · D. lignicola · D. lyelliana · D. nyeli · D. oxytropis · D. peckiana · D. pinicola · D. polymorpha · D. polymorpha alleniana · D. polymorpha arenicola · D. polymorpha depressiuscula · D. polymorpha senilis · D. pulvinata · D. pyri · D. rotula · D. runcinata · D. tabellata (Madeiran Land Snail) · D. tectiformis · D. testudinalis (Madeiran Land Snail) · D. testudinalis testudinalis · D. tetrica · D. turricula (Cima Discula)
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