Discus guerinianus

Short description: Species of land snail

Discus guerinianus

Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Heterobranchia
Order:  | Stylommatophora
Family:  | Discidae
Genus:  | Discus
Species:  |

D. guerinianus

Binomial name
Discus guerinianus

(R. T. Lowe, 1852)

Discus guerinianus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Distribution
* 2 Shell description
* 3 Conservation status
* 4 References

## Distribution

This species is endemic to Madeira, Portugal.[1][3]

## Shell description

The shell of these snails is shaped like a discus, or a lens, with a noticeable "edge" around the periphery of the whorls.

## Conservation status

This species is mentioned in annexes IV and IV of the Habitats Directive.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seddon M. B. (2000). "Discus guerinianus". In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 June 2010.
2. ↑ "Discus guerinianus (R.T.Lowe, 1852)" (in en). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/5781468.
3. ↑ "Discus guerinianus - Lowe, 1852". European Environment Agency. https://eunis.eea.europa.eu/species/116. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

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