Anguispira

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Anguispira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Suborder: Helicina
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Discidae
Genus: Anguispira
Morse, 1864 [1]
Synonyms
  • Anguispira (Anguispira)Morse, 1864 · alternate representation
  • Anguispira (Zonodiscus)Pilsbry, 1948 · alternate representation
  • Helix (Anguispira)Morse, 1864 · unaccepted
  • Patula (Anguispira)Morse, 1864

Anguispira is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Discidae, the disk snails. [2]

Species

Species: [3]

Synonyms

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References

  1. Morse E. S. (1864) J. Portland Soc. nat. Hist.1: 11.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Anguispira Morse, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=995314 on 2022-07-12
  3. "Anguispira Morse, 1864". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 October 2021.