Pleurodiscus

For the algae, see Zygnema.

Pleurodiscus

A shell of Pleurodiscus balmei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pulmonata
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Pleurodiscidae Wenz, 1923
Genus:	Pleurodiscus Wenz, 1919^[1]
species
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Pleurodiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.

Pleurodiscus is the only genus in the family Pleurodiscidae.

Species

Species within the genus Pleurodiscus include:

Pleurodiscus balmei (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) - the type species of the genus^[2]
Pleurodiscus astericus Bank & Menkhorst, 1991^[2]
Pleurodiscus cyprius (Kobelt, 1896)^[2]
Pleurodiscus sudensis (Pfeiffer, 1846)^[2]

↑ (German) Wenz, W. (1919). "Zur Systematik tertiärer Land- und Süßwasser-Gastropoden". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 51(2): 76-79. Frankfurt am Main.
1 2 3 4 "Species in genus Pleurodiscus" (n=4). AnimalBase, accessed 15 February 2010.

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