Discula tabellata

Discula tabellata
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Geomitridae
Genus:	Discula
Species:	D. tabellata
Binomial name
Discula tabellata (R. T. Lowe, 1852)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in Madeira, Portugal.[1]

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.T6721A12799890. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T6721A12799890.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.