Janulus pompylius

Janulus pompylius
Conservation status
Extinct^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:	Gastrodontoidea
Family:	Gastrodontidae
Genus:	Janulus
Species:	J. pompylius
Binomial name
*Janulus pompylius* (Shuttleworth, 1852)

Janulus pompylius was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae. This species is now considered to be extinct.^[1]

Distribution

This species was endemic to the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.