Discula lyelliana

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Discula lyelliana

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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D. lyelliana
Binomial name
Discula lyelliana
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)

Discula lyelliana is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Discula lyelliana was listed as Critically endangered in the 1996 IUCN Red List,[1] and was considered to be extinct,[1] before it got rediscovered, and is now part of a breeding and reintroduction programme.[2]

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This species was endemic to Deserta Grande Island, Madeira.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Seddon, M. (2011). "Discula lyelliana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T6730A12801850. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6730A12801850.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Conservationists rescue two species of snail thought to be extinct for 100 years". The Independent. 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2021-12-03.


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