Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.
Shell description The shell of these snails is shaped rather like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.
Species Species in the genus Discula include: Discula attrita (R. T. Lowe, 1831) Discula calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831) Discula cameroni Pokryszko, Groh & Teixeira, 2019 Discula cheiranthicola (R. T. Lowe, 1831) † Discula cockerelli (Noronha, 1923) Discula discina (R. T. Lowe, 1852) Discula lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852) Discula polymorpha (R. T. Lowe, 1831) Discula pulvinata (R. T. Lowe, 1831) Discula tabellata (R. T. Lowe, 1852) Discula tectiformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) Discula tetrica (R. T. Lowe, 1862)
Synonyms Discula bicarinata is a synonym for Hystricella bicarinata (Sowerby, 1824) Discula bulverii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Callina bulverii (W. Wood, 1828) (superseded generic combination) Discula echinulata is a synonym for Hystricella echinulata Discula leacockiana( Wollaston, 1878): synonym of Wollastonaria leacockiana (Wollaston, 1878) Discula oxytropis is a synonym for Wollastonaria oxytropis Discula rotula (R.T. Lowe, 1831): synonym of Callina rotula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) Discula testudinalis is a synonym for Testudodiscula testudinalis Discula turricula is a synonym for Hystricella turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Note The name Discula is ambiguous and also refers to a genus of fungi in the family Valsaceae to which belongs the plant pathogen dogwood anthracnose Discula destructiva.
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