Discartemon

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Discartemon
Shell of Discartemon pallgergelyi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Superfamily: Streptaxoidea
Family: Streptaxidae
Genus: Discartemon
Pfeiffer, 1856[1]
Type species
Streptaxis discus L. Pfeiffer, 1851
Synonyms[2]

Streptaxis (Discartemon) L. Pfeiffer, 1856 (original rank)

Discartemon is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Streptaxidae.[2] [3]

Distribution[edit]

The distribution of the genus Discartemon includes South-East Asia.[3]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Discartemon include:

Species inquirendum
  • Discartemon pallgergelyi Thach, 2017 (debated synonym)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Pfeiffer (1856). Malak. Bl. 2: 173.
  2. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Discartemon L. Pfeiffer, 1856. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877689 on 2020-10-22
  3. ^ a b 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.
  • Thach N.N. , 2017 New shells of Southeast Asia. Sea shells & Land snails., p. 128 pp

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