Discula lyelliana
| Discula lyelliana | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Hygromiidae |
| Genus: | Discula |
| Species: | D. lyelliana |
| Binomial name | |
| Discula lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852) | |
Discula lyelliana is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.
Discula lyelliana was listed as Critically endangered in the 1996 IUCN Red List,[2] but it is considered to be extinct.[1]
Distribustion
This species was endemic to Deserta Grande Island, Madeira.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.
- ↑ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Discula lyelliana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.