Biology:Leiostyla gibba

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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod

Leiostyla gibba

Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Lauriidae
Genus: Leiostyla
Species:
L. gibba
Binomial name
Leiostyla gibba
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)

Leiostyla gibba is a 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 is listed as Critically Endangered in the 2011 IUCN Red List,[1] but now may possibly be extinct.[1]

Distribution

This species was endemic to Madeira, Portugal.

References

External links

  • Council of Europe. (1996). Background Information on Invertebrates of the Habitats Directive, volume 3. page 454-456.

Wikidata ☰ Q925560 entry