Priodiscus

Priodiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[3]

Priodiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Orthogibbinae
Genus:
Priodiscus

Diversity[2]
3 species

Distribution

The genus Priodiscus is endemic to the Seychelles.[3]

Species

There are three[2] species within the genus Priodiscus and they include:

References

  1. Martens (1898). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin 1(1): 14.
  2. Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF.
  3. Sutcharit C., Naggs F., Wade C. M., Fontanilla I. & Panha S. (2010). "The new family Diapheridae, a new species of Diaphera Albers from Thailand, and the position of the Diapheridae within a molecular phylogeny of the Streptaxoidea (Pulmonata: Stylommatophora)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 1-16. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00598.x.
  4. Gerlach J. (2006). Priodiscus serratus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

Further reading

  • Gerlach J. (1995). "The taxonomy and affinities of the genus Priodiscus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Streptaxidae)". Journal of Conchology, London 35: 357-368.


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