''Discocharopa'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of small air-breathing
land snails,
terrestrial
Terrestrial refers to things related to land or the planet Earth.
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 gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s in the family
Charopidae
Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails (and semi-slugs such as '' Otoconcha dimidiata''), terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Charopidae Hu ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Discocharopa'' include:
* ''
Discocharopa mimosa
''Discocharopa mimosa'' is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Charopidae. This species is endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographi ...
''
The three most recently described species are:
[Stanisic, J.; Shea, M.; Potter, D.; Griffiths, O. 2010: ''Australian land snails. Volume 1. A field guide to eastern Australian species''. Bioculture Press, Mauritius. ]
* ''
Discocharopa concentrivolva
''Discocharopa'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Charopidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Discocharopa'' include:
* '' Discocharopa mimosa''
The three most recently ...
'' Stanisic, 2010
* ''
Discocharopa expandivolva
''Discocharopa'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Charopidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Discocharopa'' include:
* '' Discocharopa mimosa''
The three most recently ...
'' Stanisic, 2010
* ''
Discocharopa stenomphala
''Discocharopa'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Charopidae
Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails (and semi-slugs such as '' Otoconcha d ...
'' Stanisic, 2010
References
Charopidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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