''Discartemon'' is a
genus
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of air-breathing
land snail
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s,
terrestrial
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Terrestrial may also refer to:
* Terrestrial animal, an animal that lives on land opposed to living in water, or sometimes an animal that lives on or near the ground, as opposed to ...
pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Streptaxidae
Streptaxidae is a family of carnivorous air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the clade
Stylommatophora. Six Streptaxidae subfamilies are accepted in the 2005 taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi.
Stre ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877689 on 2020-10-22]
Distribution
The distribution of the genus ''Discartemon'' includes South-East Asia.
[Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of ''Diaphera'' Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". '']Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
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Species
Species within the genus ''Discartemon'' include:
* ''
Discartemon afthonodontia''
Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon circulus
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon collingei
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon conicus
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, Terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Regist ...
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Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon deprima''
Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon discadentus''
Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon discamaximus''
Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon discus
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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(L. Pfeiffer, 1851)
* ''
Discartemon epipedis
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon expandus
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon flavacandida
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon hypocrites''
van Benthem Jutting, 1954
* ''
Discartemon kotanensis
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon leptoglyphus
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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van Benthem Jutting, 1954
* ''
Discartemon megalostraka
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon moolenbeeki
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Maasen, 2016
* ''
Discartemon planus
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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(Fulton, 1899)
* ''
Discartemon platymorphus
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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van Benthem Jutting, 1954
* ''
Discartemon plussensis
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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(de Morgan, 1885)
* ''
Discartemon roebeleni
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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(Möllendorff, 1894)
* ''
Discartemon sagitticallosum
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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Sutcharit, Lin & Panha, 2020
* ''
Discartemon sangkarensis
''Discartemon'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species ...
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van Benthem Jutting, 1959
* ''
Discartemon stenostomus''
van Benthem Jutting, 1954
* ''
Discartemon sykesi''
(Collinge, 1902)
* ''
Discartemon tonywhitteni''
Sutcharit, Lin & Panha, 2020
* ''
Discartemon triancus''
Siriboon & Panha, 2014
* ''
Discartemon vandermeermohri''
van Benthem Jutting, 1959
;Species inquirendum:
* ''Discartemon pallgergelyi''
Thach, 2017 (debated synonym)
References
* Thach N.N. , 2017 New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails., p. 128 pp
Further reading
* Van Bentham Jutting W. S. S. (1954). "The Malayan Streptaxidae of the genera ''Discartemon'' and ''Oophana''". ''
Bulletin of the Raffles Museum
''The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology'' is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum at the National University of Singapore. It covers the taxonomy, ecology, and conservation of Southeast As ...
'' 25: 71–106
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External links
Pfeiffer, L. (1856). Versuch einer Anordnung derr Heliceen nach natürlichen Gruppen. Malakozoologische Blätter. 2: 112-185
Streptaxidae
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