Canaridiscus retextus explained

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

Canaridiscus retextus is considered to be extinct.^[1]

Distribution

This species was endemic to La Palma, Canary Islands.

Notes and References

1. 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. . PDF.