Biology:Discula lyelliana

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Short description: Species of gastropod
Discula lyelliana shells

Discula lyelliana

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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]

Distribustion

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

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4847596 entry