Discula lyelliana

Discula lyelliana
Discula lyelliana shells, from the Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Discula
Species:	D. lyelliana
Binomial name
Discula lyelliana (R. T. Lowe, 1852)

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

Discula lyelliana was listed as critically endangered possibly extinct in the 2011 IUCN Red List , ^[1] before it was rediscovered, and is now part of a breeding and reintroduction programme. ^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Deserta Grande Island, Madeira. ^[1]

References

1. Seddon, M. (2011). "Discula lyelliana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T6730A12801850. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6730A12801850.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. "Conservationists rescue two species of snail thought to be extinct for 100 years". The Independent. 2021-12-02. Retrieved 2021-12-03.