Leiostyla abbreviata (R. T. Lowe, 1852:277)
Madeiran land snail (generic)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pupa abbreviata R.T. Lowe, 1852:277
Conservation Status
Missing (Seddon, 2011, 2013; Teixeira & Seddon, 2025) or Extinct (WCMC, 1992:207)
Last record: 1870's (WCMC, 1992:207); 1878 or before (Wollaston, 1878)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Madeira, Madeiran Archipelago, Macaronesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lowe, R. T. (1852). Brief diagnostic notices of new Maderan land shells. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2) 9 (52): 275-279. [1 April]
Other references:
Cook, L. M., Goodfriend, G. A. and Cameron, R. A. D. (1993). Changes in the land snail fauna of eastern Madeira during the Quaternary. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London series B 339(1287): 83-103.
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Seddon, M. B. (2008). An illustrated compendium of the landsnails and slugs of the Madeiran archipelago. Studies in Biodiversity and Systematics of Terrestrial Organisms from the National Museum of Wales. BIOTIR Reports 2. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.
Seddon, M. B. (2011). Leiostyla abbreviata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T11455A3278905. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T11455A3278905.en. Accessed on 10 August 2026.
Seddon, M. B. (2013). Leiostyla abbreviata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 11 January 2015.
Teixeira, D. and Seddon, M. B. (2025). Leiostyla abbreviata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2025: e.T11455A220195629. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T11455A220195629.en. Accessed on 08 August 2026.
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.
Wollaston, T. V. (1878). Testacea Atlantica or the land and freshwater shells of Azores, aderiras, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verdes and Saint Helena. London: Reeve.
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