Discula rotula

Discula rotula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Helicoidea
Family:	Hygromiidae
Genus:	Discula
Species:	D. rotula
Binomial name
Discula rotula (R. T. Lowe, 1831)

Discula rotula is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Habitat

This species is endemic to the Porto Santo Island, Madeira, Portugal, where it can be found under rocks.

Description

The shell of this snail has a discoid shape with small transversal grooves and some granules scattered along the sutures. This brownish-yellow shell is somewhat concave at its base. The oblique aperture has an oval shape. The shell is characteristic by its horizontal stripe on the last body whorl and two stripes at its base.

External links

• photo of Discula rotula