Keraea garachicoensis
| Keraea garachicoensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Sigmurethra clade limacoid clade |
| Superfamily: | Gastrodontoidea |
| Family: | Discidae or Endodontidae |
| Genus: | Keraea |
| Species: | K. garachicoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Keraea garachicoensis (Wollaston, 1878) | |
Keraea garachicoensis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae or Endodontidae.
Keraea garachicoensis is considered to be extinct.[1]
Distribution
This species was endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Fontaine B., Bouchet P., Van Achterberg K., Alonso-Zarazaga M. A., Araujo R. et al. (2007). "The European union’s 2010 target: Putting rare species in focus." Biological Conservation 139: 167-185. Table 2 on the page 173. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.
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