Priodiscus

Priodiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:	Streptaxoidea
Family:	Streptaxidae
Subfamily:	Orthogibbinae
Genus:	Priodiscus Martens, 1898[1]
Diversity[2]
3 species

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

Distribution

The genus Priodiscus is endemic to the Seychelles.[3]

Species

There are three[2] species within the genus Priodiscus and they include:

• Priodiscus costatus[2]
• Priodiscus serratus (Adams, 1868)[4][2]
• Priodiscus spinatus[2]

References

1. Martens (1898). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin 1(1): 14.
2. Gerlach J. & Bruggen A. C. van (1999). "Streptaxidae Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata) of the Seychelles Islands, western Indian Ocean". Zoologische Verhandelingen 328: 1-60. abstract, PDF.
3. 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.
4. Gerlach J. (2006). Priodiscus serratus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Retrieved 6 September 2010.

Further reading

• Gerlach J. (1995). "The taxonomy and affinities of the genus Priodiscus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Streptaxidae)". Journal of Conchology, London 35: 357-368.