Canaridiscus engonatus is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Discidae, the disk snails.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Discidae |
| Genus: | Canaridiscus |
| Species: | C. engonatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Canaridiscus engonatus (Shuttleworth, 1852)
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Canaridiscus engonatus was listed as Data deficient in the 1996 IUCN Red List,[1] and was later considered to be extinct.[2][3] The present IUCN status is Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct).[1]
Distribution
editThis species was endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands.
References
edit- ^ a b c Groh, K. (2017). "Atlantica engonata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T6739A76141846. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T6739A76141846.en. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ Alonso R. & Ibanez M. (1996). Discus engonata. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 January 2011.
- ^ 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.