''Discohelix'' is a
genus
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of extinct
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
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mollusk
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s in the family
Discohelicidae
Discohelicidae is an extinct family of sea snails with planispiral shells, marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollu ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015). ''Discohelix'' Dunker, 1847 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536262 on 2016-12-04]
Species
The following species were brought into synonymy:
* ''Discohelix hedleyi'' Mestayer, 1916 accepted as ''
Zerotula hedleyi'' (Mestayer, 1916)
The following species are alternate representation:
* ''Discohelix retifera'' Dall, 1892 represented as ''
Pseudotorinia retifera'' (Dall, 1892) (alternate representation), in turn accepted as ''
Pseudotorinia'' (an unresolved
species complex).
References
External links
* Bieler R. (1993). "Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". ''
Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg'' (NF) 30: 1–376.
Discohelicidae
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