Priodiscus
Priodiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[3]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| 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:
- Priodiscus costatus[2]
- Priodiscus serratus (Adams, 1868)[4][2]
- Priodiscus spinatus[2]
References
- Martens (1898). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin 1(1): 14.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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