Janulus pompylius
Appearance
Janulus pompylius | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Gastrodontidae |
Genus: | Janulus |
Species: | J. pompylius
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Binomial name | |
Janulus pompylius (Shuttleworth, 1852)
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Synonyms | |
Helix pompylia Shuttleworth, 1852 |
Janulus pompylius was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.[2] This species is now considered to be extinct.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species was endemic to the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Groh, K. (2017). "Janulus pompylius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171067A1320780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171067A1320780.en. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ a b 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.