Canaridiscus engonatus
Extinct species of gastropod
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Canaridiscus engonatus is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails.
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| Canaridiscus engonatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Discidae |
| Genus: | Canaridiscus |
| Species: | C. engonatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Canaridiscus engonatus (Shuttleworth, 1852) | |
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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.