Janulus pompylius

Janulus pompylius was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.[2] This species is now considered to be extinct.[1]

Janulus pompylius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Gastrodontoidea
Family:
Gastrodontidae
Genus:
Janulus
Species:
J. pompylius
Binomial name
Janulus pompylius
(Shuttleworth, 1852)

Distribution

This species was endemic to the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands.[1]

References
  1. 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. Fauna Europaea


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