Discula lyelliana
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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Species: | D. lyelliana
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Binomial name | |
Discula lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
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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]
Distribustion[]
This species was endemic to Deserta Grande Island, Madeira.[1]
References[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Conservationists rescue two species of snail thought to be extinct for 100 years". The Independent. 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Molluscs of Madeira
- Discula
- Extinct gastropods
- Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe
- Gastropods described in 1852
- Hygromiidae stubs