MolluscaBase - Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852

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Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852

AphiaID

996329 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:996329)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Helix (Discula) discina R. T. Lowe, 1852 accepted as Discula discina (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Geomitrini C. R. Boettger, 1909

Original name

Helix (Discula) R. T. Lowe, 1852

Synonymised names

Discula (Discula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 · alternative representation

Discula (Mandahlia) Forcart, 1965 · alternative representation

Helix (Discula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 · unaccepted (original rank)

Helix (Tectula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Ochthephila (Discula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Ochthephila (Tectula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Tectula R. T. Lowe, 1852 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)

Turritella Wollaston, 1878 · unaccepted

Direct children (32)

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Species Discula attrita (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Species Discula calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Species Discula cameroni Pokryszko, Groh & Teixeira, 2019
Species Discula cheiranthicola (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Species Discula cockerellii (Noronha, 1923) †
Species Discula discina (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
Species Discula lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
Species Discula polymorpha (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Species Discula pulvinata (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
Species Discula tabellata (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
Species Discula tectiformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
Species Discula tetrica (R. T. Lowe, 1862)
Subgenus Discula (Callina) R. T. Lowe, 1855 accepted as Callina R. T. Lowe, 1855 (superseded generic combination)
1. Species Discula (Callina) rotula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) accepted as Callina rotula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)
Species Discula bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) accepted as Hystricella bicarinata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)
Species Discula bulverii (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Callina bulverii (W. Wood, 1828) (superseded generic combination)
Species Discula rotula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) accepted as Callina rotula (R. T. Lowe, 1831) (superseded generic combination)
Species Discula testudinalis (R. T. Lowe, 1852) accepted as Testudodiscula testudinalis (R. T. Lowe, 1852) (superseded generic combination)
Subgenus Discula (Discula) R. T. Lowe, 1852 represented as Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852
1. Species Discula (Discula) bulverii (W. Wood, 1828) accepted as Callina bulverii (W. Wood, 1828) (superseded generic combination)
2. Species Discula (Discula) testudinalis (R. T. Lowe, 1852) accepted as Testudodiscula testudinalis (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
3. Species Discula (Discula) attrita (R. T. Lowe, 1831) represented as Discula attrita (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
4. Species Discula (Discula) calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831) represented as Discula calcigena (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
5. Species Discula (Discula) cameroni Pokryszko, Groh & Teixeira, 2019 represented as Discula cameroni Pokryszko, Groh & Teixeira, 2019
6. Species Discula (Discula) cheiranthicola (R. T. Lowe, 1831) represented as Discula cheiranthicola (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
7. Species Discula (Discula) lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852) represented as Discula lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
8. Species Discula (Discula) polymorpha (R. T. Lowe, 1831) represented as Discula polymorpha (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
9. Species Discula (Discula) pulvinata (R. T. Lowe, 1831) represented as Discula pulvinata (R. T. Lowe, 1831)
10. Species Discula (Discula) tabellata (R. T. Lowe, 1852) represented as Discula tabellata (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
11. Species Discula (Discula) tetrica (R. T. Lowe, 1862) represented as Discula tetrica (R. T. Lowe, 1862)
Subgenus Discula (Mandahlia) Forcart, 1965 represented as Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852
1. Species Discula (Mandahlia) tectiformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824) represented as Discula tectiformis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1824)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London [1 February; 1 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362893
page(s): 116 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Discula R. T. Lowe, 1852. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996329 on 2025-04-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-06-15 07:29:09Z

created

Bank, Ruud

2021-07-26 06:25:55Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

2025-04-01 07:48:08Z

changed

Neubert, Eike

Licensing

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original description Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London [1 February; 1 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362893
page(s): 116 [details]

original description (of Turritella Wollaston, 1878) Wollaston, T.V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of the Azores, Madeiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes, and Saint Helena. i-xi, [1], 1-588, 1-16. London. (Reeve)., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18928631
page(s): 168 [details]

original description (of Helix (Tectula) R. T. Lowe, 1852) Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (2) 9 (50): 112-120; (2) 9 (52): 275-279. London [1 February; 1 April]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2362893
page(s): 117 [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discula)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Discula)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Turritella) (from synonym Turritella Wollaston, 1878)
To Genbank
To Genbank