Discula tabellata
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| Discula tabellata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Discula |
| Species: | D. tabellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Discula tabellata (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
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Discula tabellata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]This species occurs in Madeira, Portugal.[1]
Shell description
[edit | edit source]The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.
Conservation status
[edit | edit source]This species is endangered, as mentioned in annexes II and IV of Habitats Directive.
References
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