- Discus engonatus
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Discus engonatus Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group SigmurethraSuperfamily: Punctoidea Family: Discidae Genus: Discus Species: D. engonatus Binomial name Discus engonatus
(Shuttleworth, 1852)Synonyms 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
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996). Discus engonatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 June 2010.
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