Discula

Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.^[2][3]

Discula
Discula polymorpha shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852[1]

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
• Discula bulverii
• Discula calcigena
• Discula cheiranthicola
• Discula cockerelli
• Discula leacockiana
• Discula lyelliana
• Discula polymorpha
• Discula pulvinata
• Discula rotula
• Discula tabellata
• Discula tectiformis
• Discula tetrica

synonyms:

• Discula bicarinata is a synonym for Hystricella bicarinata (Sowerby, 1824)^[4]
• Discula echinulata is a synonym for Hystricella echinulata^[5]
• Discula oxytropis is a synonym for Wollastonaria oxytropis^[6]
• Discula testudinalis is a synonym for Testudodiscula testudinalis
• Discula turricula is a synonym for Hystricella turricula (R. T. Lowe, 1831)^[7]

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.