Discula lyelliana

Discula lyelliana shells

Discula lyelliana

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Discula
Species:
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.

Discula lyelliana was listed as Critically endangered possibly extinct in the 2011 IUCN Red List,[1] before it was rediscovered, and is now part of a breeding and reintroduction programme.[2]

Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ a b c 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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