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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Eupulmonata
Ordo: Stylommatophora
Subordo: Helicina
Superfamilia Incertae sedis: Punctoidea

Familia: Discidae
Genera (3 +3†): Anguispira – Canaridiscus – Discus – †Calogoniodiscus – †Manganellia – †Protodiscus

Name

Discidae Thiele, 1931 (1866)
Synonyms

Patulidae Tryon, 1866

References

Kuznetsov, A.G. 1996: Himalodiscus aculeatus Kuznetsov, gen. et sp. nov. (Pulmonata, Endodontidae) from Nepal. Ruthenica, 5(2): 163–165. abstract only seen
Schileyko, A.A.; Kuznetsov, A.G. 1998: On the taxonomic position of the genus Himalodiscus Kuznetsov, 1996, with a description of a new species. Ruthenica, 8(1): 85–86. [not seen]
Thiele, J. 1931. Handbuch der systematischen Weichtierkunde 1(2): 578.
2011: Zootaxa, 2911: 43–49. Preview

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Discidae in the World Register of Marine Species

Discidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea.[1]
Genera

The family Discidae has no subfamilies. Genera within the family Discidae include:

Anguispira Morse, 1864
† Calogoniodiscus Pfeffer, 1930
Canaridiscus Alonso & Ibáñez, 2011[2]
† Coxiola Pfeffer, 1930
Discus Fitzinger, 1833
† Manganellia Harzhauser, Neubauer & Georgopoulou in Harzhauser et al., 2014
† Protodiscus Solem & Yochelson, 1979

Synonyms

Zonodiscus Pilsbry, 1948[3] - or as a subgenus of Anguispira: synonym of Anguispira (Zonodiscus) Pilsbry, 1948, represented as Anguispira Morse, 1864

References

Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
Yanes Y., Holyoak G. A., Holyoak D. T., Alonso M. R. & Ibáñez M. (2011). "A new Discidae subgenus and two new species (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Canary Islands". Zootaxa 2911: 43-49. PDF.
Pilsbry, H.A. 1948. Land Mollusca of North America (North of Mexico). Volume 2, Part 2. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph No. 3.

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