Canaridiscus engonatus

Canaridiscus engonatus
Critically endangered
Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Discidae
Genus: Canaridiscus
Species:
C. engonatus
Binomial name
Canaridiscus engonatus
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Atlantica engonata
  • Atlantica engonatus
  • Discus engonata
  • Helix engonata
  • Patula engonata

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

Canaridiscus engonatus was listed as Data deficient in the 1996 IUCN Red List,[1] and was later considered to be extinct.[1][2] The present IUCN status is Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct).[1]

Distribution

This species was endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Groh, K. (2017). "Atlantica engonata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017 e.T6739A76141846. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T6739A76141846.en. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. ↑ 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" (PDF). Biological Conservation. 139 (1–2): 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. Bibcode:2007BCons.139..167F. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012.