Discus engonatus
Discus engonatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
Family: | Discidae |
Genus: | Discus |
Species: | D. engonatus |
Binomial name | |
Discus engonatus (Shuttleworth, 1852) | |
Synonyms | |
Discus engonata |
Discus engonatus is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails.
Discus engonatus was listed as Data deficient in the 1996 IUCN Red List,[2] but it is considered to be extinct.[1]
Distribution
This species was endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands.
References
- 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.
- ↑ Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996). Discus engonatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 June 2010.
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