Discus (gastropod)

Discus
A live Discus rotundatus
A live Discus catskillensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Discidae
Genus: Discus
Fitzinger, 1833
Synonyms
  • Allerya Bourguignat, 1878
  • Delomphalus Charpentier, 1837
  • Eyryomphala H.Beck, 1837
  • Goniodiscus
  • Gonyodiscus Fitzinger, 1833
  • Patula Held, 1838
  • Patularia Clessin, 1876

Discus is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Discidae, the disk snails.

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