Discula tabellata

Discula tabellata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Geomitridae, the hairy snails and their allies.

Discula tabellata

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Hygromiidae
Genus:
Discula
Species:
Discula tabellata
Binomial name
Discula tabellata
(R. T. Lowe, 1852)

Distribution

This species occurs in Madeira, Portugal.[2]

Shell description

The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a sharp edge around the periphery of the whorls.

Conservation status

This species is endangered, as mentioned in annexes II and IV of Habitats Directive.

References
  1. Seddon, M.B. (2011). "Discula tabellata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e. Retrieved 10 November 2017.{{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |page= identifier (help)
  2. Seddon M. B. (1996). "Discula tabellata". In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 June 2010.


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