Canaridiscus engonatus

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

Canaridiscus engonatus
Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Discidae
Genus:	Canaridiscus
Species:	C. engonatus
Binomial name
Canaridiscus engonatus (Shuttleworth, 1852)
Synonyms
Atlantica engonata Atlantica engonatus Discus engonata Helix engonata Patula engonata

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

This species was endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands.