Janulus pompylius explained

Janulus pompylius was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Gastrodontidae.^[1] This species is now considered to be extinct.^[2]

Distribution

This species was endemic to the island of La Palma, in the Canary Islands.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20121019024524/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=425874 Fauna Europaea
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. . PDF.