Classification
Discus patulus/Domed Disc
Domain:
Eukarya
Have membrane bound organelles, including a nucleus where
genetic material is held.
Kingdom:
Animalia
The cells are organized into tissues, making up organs
and organ systems.
Phylum:
Mollusca
Have a head, foot, and a visceral mass contained within
the body. Also they are said to have a coelom,
be highly cephalized, and have open circulatory systems.
Class:
Gastropoda
Have a single external coiled shell, a body containing a
visceral mass, mantle, muscular foot for
locomotion
they go through
torsion, a mode of moving the anus anteriorly.
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La Crosse
Order:
Stylommatophora
Indicates that these snails are terrestrial, with eyes on top if
their tentacles.
Family:
Discidae
Air breathing land snails with the superfamily
Punctoidea.
Genus:
Discus
Species: patulus
Discus meaning rather small
shells
(diameter less than about 10 mm),
and patluls, snails with brown
ribbed shells with deep umbilicus
that have 5-6 whorls.
In Latin, Discus means to run to and fro and patulus means a space
This snail gets its common name from its shells shape, very
flat,
like a disk with six layers of rings creating a domed shape