Pleurodiscus
| Pleurodiscus | |
|---|---|
| A shell of Pleurodiscus balmei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Suborder: | Helicina |
| Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Pleurodiscidae Wenz, 1923 |
| Genus: | Pleurodiscus Wenz, 1919[1] |
| Species | |
|
See text | |
Pleurodiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Pleurodiscus is the only genus in the family Pleurodiscidae.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Pleurodiscus include:
- Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) - the type species of the genus[3]
- Pleurodiscus astericus Bank & Menkhorst, 1991[3]
- Pleurodiscus cyprius (Kobelt, 1896)[3]
- Pleurodiscus sudensis (Pfeiffer, 1846)[3]
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.
- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Pleurodiscidae Wenz, 1923". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Species in genus Pleurodiscus" (n=4). AnimalBase, accessed 15 February 2010.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pleurodiscus.