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Keraea garachicoensis

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Keraea garachicoensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Geomitridae
Genus: Keraea
Species:
K. garachicoensis
Binomial name
Keraea garachicoensis
(Wollaston, 1878)

Keraea garachicoensis is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Geomitridae.[citation needed]

Keraea garachicoensis is considered to be extinct.[1]

Distribution

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This species was endemic to Tenerife, Canary Islands.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.