Xylodiscula

Xylodiscula
Xylodiscula boucheti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Infraclass:	"Lower Heterobranchia"
Superfamily:	Orbitestelloidea
Family:	Xylodisculidae
Genus:	Xylodiscula B.A. Marshall, 1988
Type species
Xylodiscula vitrea B.A. Marshall, 1988

Xylodiscula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Xylodisculidae.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species are included in the genus Xylodiscula

• Xylodiscula analoga Warén & Bouchet, 2001
• Xylodiscula boucheti Warén, Carrozza & Rocchini in Warén, 1992
• Xylodiscula eximia B. A. Marshall, 1988
• Xylodiscula lens Warén, 1992
• Xylodiscula librata B. A. Marshall, 1988
• Xylodiscula major Warén & Bouchet, 1993
• Xylodiscula osteophila B. A. Marshall, 1994
• Xylodiscula planata Høisæter & Johanessen, 2001
• Xylodiscula vitrea B.A. Marshall, 1988
• Xylodiscula wareni Bogi & Bartolini, 2008

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

External links

• Marshall, B. A. (1988). Skeneidae, Vitrinellidae and Orbitestellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) associated with biogenic substrata from bathyal depths off New Zealand and New South Wales. Journal of Natural History. 22(4): 949-1004