Disculella spirulina

Disculella spirulina
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Disculella
Species:	D. spirulina
Binomial name
	Disculella spirulina; (Cockerell, 1921)
Synonyms
	Geomitra (Disculella) spirulinaT. D. A. Cockerell, 1921 (basionym); Helix (Placentula) spirorbisR. T. Lowe, 1852; Ochthephila spirulina(Cockerell, 1921);

Last updated October 01, 2025

Disculella spirulina is a species of gastropod in the Geomitridae family.^[2]

It is endemic to the island Madeira, Portugal. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1]

References

1 2 Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Disculella spirulina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T40043A10310451. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T40043A10310451.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Disculella spirulina (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002366 on 2022-07-19

Bank, R. A.; Neubert, E. (2017). Checklist of the land and freshwater Gastropoda of Europe. Last update: July 16, 2017
Cameron, R. A. D., Teixeira, D., Pokryszko, B., Silva, I. & Groh, K. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology. 44(1): 53–70.

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[iucn_status_16_November_2021-1] 1 2 Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Disculella spirulina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T40043A10310451. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T40043A10310451.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[WoRMS-2] MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Disculella spirulina (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1921). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002366 on 2022-07-19

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Taxon identifiers
Disculella spirulina	Wikidata: Q14626701 EUNIS: 291638 Fauna Europaea: 428922 Fauna Europaea (new): 95de836c-5610-4357-bdb1-7e3cdde9c50c GBIF: 4565619 iNaturalist: 99443 IUCN: 40043 Open Tree of Life: 4155445 WoRMS: 1002366
Geomitra spirulina	Wikidata: Q24814193 GBIF: 9169100

Disculella spirulina
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Disculella
Species:	D. spirulina
Binomial name
*Disculella spirulina* (Cockerell, 1921)
Synonyms
Geomitra (Disculella) spirulinaT. D. A. Cockerell, 1921 (basionym) Helix (Placentula) spirorbisR. T. Lowe, 1852 Ochthephila spirulina(Cockerell, 1921)