Leiostyla abbreviata

Leiostyla abbreviata is an extinct species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lauriidae. It is one of several species sometimes referred as Madeiran land snail.

Leiostyla abbreviata
Conservation status
Extinct[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Lauriidae
Genus:	Leiostyla
Species:	L. abbreviata
Binomial name
Leiostyla abbreviata (R. T. Lowe, 1852)

It is mentioned in annexes II and IV of Habitats Directive.

Leiostyla abbreviata was listed as Critically endangered in the 1996 IUCN Red List,[2] but it is considered to be extinct.[1]

Distribution

This species was endemic to Madeira, Portugal.

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. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.012. PDF.
2. Seddon M. B. (1996). Leiostyla abbreviata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.