Discula lyelliana

Discula lyelliana
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. 1 2 3 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.
  2. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Discula lyelliana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.
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