Biology:Discula lyelliana
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Discula lyelliana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Geomitridae |
| Genus: | Discula |
| Species: | D. lyelliana
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| Binomial name | |
| Discula lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852)
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Seddon, M. (2011). "Discula lyelliana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T6730A12801850. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6730A12801850.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6730/12801850. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ↑ "Conservationists rescue two species of snail thought to be extinct for 100 years" (in en). 2021-12-02. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/chester-zoo-atlantic-experts-bristol-zoo-portuguese-b1968708.html.
Wikidata ☰ Q4847596 entry
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