''Spelaeodiscus'' is a

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of very small air-breathing land snails,

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pulmonate gastropod

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s in the family

Spelaeodiscidae Spelaeodiscidae is a family of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). The family Spelaeodiscidae ...

. This is the

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of the family Spelaeodiscidae.

Species

The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contains the following species: * ''

Spelaeodiscus albanicus ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae. Species The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contai ...

'' (Wagner, 1914)"Species in genus ''Spelaeodiscus''"
(n=7).

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, accessed 24 April 2011. * ''

Spelaeodiscus bulgaricus ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae. Species The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contai ...

'' (Subai & Dedov, 2008) * ''

Spelaeodiscus dejongi ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae. Species The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contai ...

'' Gittenberger, 1969 * ''

Spelaeodiscus hauffeni ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae. Species The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contai ...

'' (Schmidt, 1855) - type species * ''

Spelaeodiscus obodensis ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Spelaeodiscidae. This is the type genus of the family Spelaeodiscidae. Species The genus ''Spelaeodiscus'' contai ...

'' Bole, 1965 * ''

Spelaeodiscus triarius ''Spelaeodiscus triarius'' is a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Spelaeodiscidae. Subspecies * ''Spelaeodiscus triarius tatricus'' (Hazay, 1883) - synonym: ''Spelaeodiscu ...

'' (Rossmässler, 1839) - synonym: ''Spelaeodiscus tatricus'' Hazay, 1883 * ''

Spelaeodiscus unidentatus ''Spelaeodiscus'' is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as mollus ...

'' Bole, 1961

References

External links

* http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/genus?id=620 Spelaeodiscidae Taxa named by Spiridon Brusina Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Stylommatophora-stub