Discula tetrica

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Discula tetrica
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Discula (Discula) tetrica (Lowe, 1862)
Status iucn3.1 CR.svg
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Discula
Species:
D. tetrica
Binomial name
Discula tetrica
(R. T. Lowe, 1862)

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

This species is endemic to Bugio, Madeira, Portugal.

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

References

  1. 1 2 Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Discula tetrica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T6731A12802025. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6731A12802025.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.