Discidae
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Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snail
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gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea
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Land snail
A land snail is any of the many species of snail that live on land, as opposed to those that live in salt water and fresh water. Land snails are terrestrial gastropod mollusks that have shells, It is not always an easy matter to say which species are terrestrial, because some are more or less...
s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea
Punctoidea
Punctoidea is a superfamily of air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the informal group Sigmurethra....
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Genera
The family Discidae has no subfamilies. Genera within the family Discidae include:- Atlantica Ancey, 1887
- subgenus Canaridiscus Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011
- Discus Fitzinger, 1833
- AnguispiraAnguispiraAnguispira is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Discidae, the disk snails.-Species:Species within the genus Anguispira include:* Anguispira alternata...
Morse, 1864 - Speleodiscoides Smith, 1957
- Zonodiscus Pilsbry, 1948 - or as a subgenus of Anguispira