''Discocharopa'' is a
genus of small air-breathing
land snail
A land snail is any of the numerous species of snail that live on land, as opposed to the sea snails and freshwater snails. ''Land snail'' is the common name for terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells (those without shells are known as ...
s,
terrestrial 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
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the family
Charopidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Discocharopa'' include:
* ''
Discocharopa mimosa''
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'' Stanisic, 2010
* ''
Discocharopa expandivolva'' Stanisic, 2010
* ''
Discocharopa stenomphala'' Stanisic, 2010
References
Charopidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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