Discula
Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.The shell of these snails is shaped rather like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.Species
Species in the genus Discula include:
- Discula attrita
- Discula bulverii
- Discula calcigena
- Discula cheiranthicola
- Discula cockerelli
- Discula leacockiana
- Discula lyelliana
- Discula polymorpha
- Discula pulvinata
- Discula rotula
- Discula tabellata
- Discula tectiformis
- Discula testudinalis
- Discula tetrica
synonyms:
- Discula bicarinata is a synonym for Hystricella bicarinata
- Discula echinulata is a synonym for Hystricella echinulata
- Discula oxytropis is a synonym for Hystricella oxytropis
- Discula turricula is a synonym for Hystricella turricula
Note
The name Discula is ambiguous and also refers to a genus of fungi in the family Valsaceae to which belongs the plant pathogen dogwood anthracnose Discula destructiva.
