Pleurodiscus
Pleurodiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
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| A shell of Pleurodiscus balmei | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Orthurethra |
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| Family: | Pleurodiscidae Wenz, 1923 |
| Genus: | Pleurodiscus |
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Pleurodiscus is the only genus in the family Pleurodiscidae.
Species
Species within the genus Pleurodiscus include:
- Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) - the type species of the genus[2]
- Pleurodiscus astericus Bank & Menkhorst, 1991[2]
- Pleurodiscus cyprius (Kobelt, 1896)[2]
- Pleurodiscus sudensis (Pfeiffer, 1846)[2]
References
- (in German) Wenz, W. (1919). "Zur Systematik tertiärer Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 51(2): 76-79. Frankfurt am Main.
- "Species in genus Pleurodiscus" (n=4). AnimalBase, accessed 15 February 2010.
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