Canaridiscus textilis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails.

Canaridiscus textilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Discidae
Genus: Canaridiscus
Species:
C. textilis
Binomial name
Canaridiscus textilis
(Shuttleworth, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Atlantica textilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
  • Discus textilis (Shuttleworth, 1852)
  • Helix textilis Shuttleworth, 1852

Canaridiscus textilis is considered to be extinct.[2]

Distribution

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This species was endemic to La Palma, Canary Islands.

References

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  1. ^ Groh, K. (2018). "Atlantica textilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T170856A1317766. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T170856A1317766.en. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  2. ^ 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.