Canaridiscus engonatus

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
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.[2][3] The present IUCN status is Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct).[1]

Distribution

This species was endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. ↑ Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996). Discus engonata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 January 2011.
  3. ↑ 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.


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