Discula tetrica (R.T. Lowe, 1852)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 50+ years ago
Rediscovered in 2008 (Dinarte Teixeira, pers. comm. 19 May 2022)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
"Live and fossil on Bugio only (Wollaston, 1878), but also found both fresh and fossil recently (leg. I.S.) (Teixeira et al., in prep.)."
(Cameron et al., 2021:65)
Distribution
Bugio, Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
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Cameron, Robert A. D., Teixeira, Dinarte, Pokryszko, Beata, Silva, Isamberto and Groh, Klaus. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology 44(1): 53-70.
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