Discus rotundatus

Discus rotundatus
Discus rotundatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Discidae
Genus: Discus
Subgenus: Gonyodiscus
Fitzinger, 1833
Species: D. rotundatus
Binomial name
Discus rotundatus
(O. F. Müller, 1774)[1]

Discus rotundatus is a species of small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails.

Distribution

This species lives in Western and Central Europe. It is found in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia. It is also found in Great Britain, Ireland, France, southern Scandinavia, and other countries. Its range includes Turkey.[2]

The species has been introduced to Canada and the USA, and has become established in a few places. It does not appear to have the capability to become an invasive pest species in North American, as it lives in leaf litter and forms colonies where the individuals do not tend to spread widely.

References

  • Kerney M. P. & Cameron R. A. D., 1979. “A field guide to the land snails of Britain and northwestern Europe’’, Collins, London
  1. ^ Müller, O. F. 1774. Vermivm terrestrium et fluviatilium, seu animalium infusoriorum, helminthicorum, et testaceorum, non marinorum, succincta historia. Volumen alterum. - pp. I-XXVI [= 1-36], 1-214, [1-10]. Havniæ & Lipsiæ. (Heineck & Faber).
  2. ^ Örstan, A. 2003. The first record of Discus rotundatus from Turkey. Triton, No. 7, p. 27. http://home.earthlink.net/~aydinslibrary/DRotundatusTRtriton.pdf


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