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Discula tetrica

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

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Discula tetrica
Discula (Discula) tetrica (Lowe, 1862)
Critically endangered
Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)1
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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

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References

  1. 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.