Leiostyla gibba
| Leiostyla gibba | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | L. gibba
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| Binomial name | |
| Leiostyla gibba (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
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Leiostyla gibba is an extinct species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae. This species is mentioned in Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive. It is one of several species sometimes referred as Madeiran land snail.
Leiostyla gibba was listed as Critically Endangered in the 1996 IUCN Red List,[1] but it is considered to be extinct.[1]
Distribution[]
This species was endemic to Madeira, Portugal.
References[]
- ^ a b c Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Leiostyla gibba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T11458A3279526. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T11458A3279526.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
External links[]
- Council of Europe. (1996). Background Information on Invertebrates of the Habitats Directive, volume 3. page 454-456.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Leiostyla
- Extinct gastropods
- Taxa named by Richard Thomas Lowe
- Gastropods described in 1852
- Orthurethra stubs