Atlantica gueriniana

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Madeiran land snail
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Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Gastrodontidae
Genus: Atlantica
Species:
A. gueriniana
Binomial name
Atlantica gueriniana
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Atlantica guerinianus
  • Discus guerinianus(Lowe, 1852)
  • Helix gueriana
  • Helix gueriniana Lowe, 1852
  • Helix guerinianus
  • Helix semiplicata L. Pfeiffer, 1852

Atlantica gueriniana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk presently in the family Gastrodontidae, [2] [3] but formerly in Discidae, the disk snails. [1]

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal. [1] [4]

Shell description

The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a noticeable "edge" around the periphery of the whorls.

Conservation status

This species is mentioned in annexes IV and IV of the Habitats Directive. [4]

Related Research Articles

<i>Discus</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Discus is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Discidae, the disk snails.

<i>Caseolus</i> Genus of gastropods

Caseolus is a genus of land snails in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Discula</i> Genus of gastropods

Discula is a genus of small land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Wollastonaria turricula</i> Species of gastropod

Wollastonaria turricula is a species of small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Plebecula giramica</i> Species of gastropod

Plebecula giramica is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae.

<i>Wollastonaria oxytropis</i> Species of gastropod

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

Leiostyla is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Lauriidae.

Spirorbula latens is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Spirorbula is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Geomitrinae of the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Spirorbula squalida is a species of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gastrodontidae</span> Family of gastropods

Gastrodontidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Gastrodontoidea.

<i>Clausilia bidentata</i> Species of gastropod

Clausilia bidentata, the two-toothed door snail, is a species of door snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the genus Clausilia belonging to the family Clausiliidae, all of which have a clausilium.

<i>Canaridiscus engonatus</i> Extinct species of gastropod

Canaridiscus engonatus is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails.

Canaridiscus retextus is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Discidae, the disk snails.

<i>Janulus</i> Genus of gastropods

Janulus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Truncatellinidae</span> Family of gastropods

Truncatellinidae is a family of minute, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs or micromollusks in the superfamily Chondrinoidea.

Atlantica is a genus of snails in the family Gastrodontidae.

Canaridiscus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Discidae, the disk snails.

Atlantica calathoides is a species of land snail belonging to the family Gastrodontidae.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Teixeira, D.; Groh, K.; Seddon, M.B. & Cameron, R. (2017). "Atlantica guerinianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T6735A86008614. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T6735A86008614.en . Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Atlantica gueriniana (R. T. Lowe, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1002131 on 2023-06-19
  3. "Discus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility .
  4. 1 2 "Discus guerinianus - Lowe, 1852". eunis.eea.europa.eu. European Environment Agency. Retrieved 26 January 2020.