Janulus pompylius was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.[2] This species is now considered to be extinct.[3]
| Janulus pompylius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Gastrodontidae |
| Genus: | Janulus |
| Species: | J. pompylius
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| Binomial name | |
| Janulus pompylius (Shuttleworth, 1852)
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| Synonyms | |
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Helix pompylia Shuttleworth, 1852 | |
Distribution
editThis species was endemic to the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands.[3]
References
edit- ^ Groh, K. (2017). "Janulus pompylius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T171067A1320780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T171067A1320780.en. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ a b 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.