Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Ctenophila setiliris (Ctenophila setiliris), recorded as Endangered
Ctenophila setiliris (Ctenophila setiliris). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Ctenophila setiliris

Ctenophila setiliris

Ctenophila setiliris is a land snail in the family Helicarionidae (order Stylommatophora), recorded as Endangered and tied to Réunion.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Ctenophila setiliris
Recorded from
Réunion
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Stylommatophora · Helicarionidae · Ctenophila

The land snail

These are the familiar land snails and slugs: air-breathing gastropods with a lung, not a gill.

Gastropods are snails and slugs. The animal is the soft body; the shell, when present, is grown, not worn like a stone.

Range and habitat

This species is endemic to Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Snails move on a single foot and feed with a rasping tongue. Island and spring species rarely recolonise once the site is emptied.

In crisis

Ctenophila setiliris is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Ctenophila setiliris — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q308413. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Ctenophila setiliris?
Ctenophila setiliris is a land snail in the family Helicarionidae (order Stylommatophora).
What is the conservation status of Ctenophila setiliris?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ctenophila setiliris. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Ctenophila setiliris live?
This species is endemic to Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean.
Why is Ctenophila setiliris in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ctenophila setiliris?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Ctenophila setiliris a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.