Discula

Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.

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 in the genus Discula include:Discula attritaDiscula bulveriiDiscula calcigenaDiscula cheiranthicolaDiscula cockerelliDiscula leacockianaDiscula lyellianaDiscula polymorphaDiscula pulvinata

Discula rotulaDiscula tabellataDiscula tectiformisDiscula tetrica

synonyms:Discula bicarinata is a synonym for Hystricella bicarinata Discula echinulata is a synonym for Hystricella echinulataDiscula oxytropis is a synonym for Wollastonaria oxytropisDiscula testudinalis is a synonym for Testudodiscula testudinalisDiscula turricula is a synonym for ''Hystricella turricula''

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.