Discus rotundatus

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Discus rotundatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Family: Discidae Genus: Discus Subgenus: Gonyodiscus Fitzinger, 1833 Species: D. rotundatus
Binomial name
Discus rotundatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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

[edit] Distribution

This species lives in Western and Central Europe. It is found in the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia. It is also found in the British Isles, France, and other countries. Its range includes southern Scandinavia.

[edit] References

• Kerney M. P. & Cameron R. A. D., 1979. “A field guide to the land snails of Britain and northwestern Europe’’, Collins, London