Pleurodiscus
| Pleurodiscus | |
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| A shell of Pleurodiscus balmei | |
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Orthurethra |
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| Family: | Pleurodiscidae Wenz, 1923
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| Genus: | Pleurodiscus |
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Pleurodiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.
Pleurodiscus is the only genus in the family Pleurodiscidae.[citation needed]
Species[]
Species within the genus Pleurodiscus include:
- Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) - the type species of the genus[2]
- Bank & Menkhorst, 1991[2]
- (Kobelt, 1896)[2]
- (Pfeiffer, 1846)[2]
References[]
- ^ (in German) Wenz, W. (1919). "Zur Systematik tertiärer Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 51(2): 76-79. Frankfurt am Main.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Species in genus Pleurodiscus" (n=4). AnimalBase, accessed 15 February 2010.
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