Biology:Discus engonatus

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Discus engonatus
Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.277483 - Discus (Gonyodiscus) engonatus (Shuttleworth, 1852) - Discidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg
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D. engonatus
Binomial name
Discus engonatus
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
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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. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. Groh, K. (2017). "Atlantica engonata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T6739A76141846. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T6739A76141846.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6739/76141846. Retrieved 18 November 2021. 

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