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Discula tetrica

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Discula tetrica
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D. tetrica
Binomial name
Discula tetrica
(R. T. Lowe, 1862)

Discula tetrica is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This species was endemic to Bugio, Madeira, Portugal.

Discula tetrica was listed as Critically endangered in the 1996 IUCN Red List,[2] but it is considered to be extinct.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Discula tetrica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 6 August 2007.