Discula tetrica
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.
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra |
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| Species: | D. tetrica |
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| Discula tetrica (R. T. Lowe, 1862) | |
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
- 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.
- 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.
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