Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Iowa Pleistocene Snail, Pleistocene Disc
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial [1].
Ecology:
This species is largely limited to cool limestone cliffs
above algific
(cold-producing) talus
slopes
, or sometimes in/on the talus as well.
It seems to like rock fissures
in particular.[1].
List of Habitats
:
- 6 Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) [more info]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Eupulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Punctoidea
()
- Morse, 1864
- Family:
Discidae
()
- Thiele, 1931 (1866)
- Genus:
Discus
()
- (Shuttleworth, 1852)
- Subgenus:
intertidal
()
- Specific name:
macclintocki
- (F.C. Baker, 1928)
- Scientific name: - Discus macclintocki (F.C. Baker, 1928)
- Specific name:
macclintocki
- (F.C. Baker, 1928)
- Subgenus:
intertidal
(
- Genus:
Discus
(
- Family:
Discidae
(
- Superfamily:
Punctoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Eupulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Discus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. brunsoni (Lake Disc) · D. bryanti (Saw-Tooth Disc) · D. catskillensis (Angular Disc) · D. clappi (Channelled Disc) · D. guerinianus (Madeiran Land Snail) · D. macclintocki (Iowa Pleistocene Snail) · D. marmorensis (Marbled Disc) · D. nigrimontanus (Black Mountain Disc) · D. patulus (Domed Disc) · D. rotundatus (Rotund Disc) · D. selenitoides (File Disc) · D. shimekii (Striate Disc) · D. whitneyi (Forest Disc)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- 1994 IUCN red list of threatened animals Gland, Switzerland: IUCN, 1993 url p. 138.
- Erigenia: journal of the Illinois Native Plant Society. Carbondale, Ill.: The Society, 1982- url p. 126.
- Field Museum of Natural History bulletin. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, [1930]-c1990. url p. 10.
- Occasional papers of the Natural History Museum, the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. 1996 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1994-1996. url fig. 3, page 13, p. 14, p. 16.
- Our living resources: a report to the nation on the distribution, abundance, and health of U.S. plants, animals, and ecosystems / [edited by], Edward T. LaRoe. .. [et al.]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Biological Service, 1995. url p. 494, p. 516.
- The IUCN Invertebrate Red Data Book IUCN url p. 162.
- The distributions of the native land mollusks of the Eastern United States / Leslie Hubricht. 24 1985 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1985. url p. 174, p. 177, p. 19, p. iv.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
- Frest, T. 2004. Discus macclintocki. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
- Frest, T. 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2688336
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-77400
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 77400
- IUCN ID: 205851
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMGAS54060
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Species Identifier: G00T
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3679
Footnotes
- Frest, T. 2004. Discus macclintocki. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 31 January 2012. [back]
