Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Napaeus exilis (Napaeus exilis), recorded as Critically Endangered
Napaeus exilis (Napaeus exilis). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Napaeus exilis

Napaeus exilis

Napaeus exilis is a dawhilahila.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Napaeus exilis
Recorded from
Spain
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Stylommatophora · Enidae · Napaeus

The land snail

It was first described by Henríquez in 1995.

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

Napaeus exilis is recorded from Spain.

GBIF currently lists 3 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

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

Napaeus exilis is Critically 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 Cebuano Wikipedia article on Napaeus exilis, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q14645893 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Napaeus exilis?
Napaeus exilis is a dawhilahila.
What is the conservation status of Napaeus exilis?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Napaeus exilis. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Napaeus exilis live?
Napaeus exilis is a dawhilahila.
Why is Napaeus exilis in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Napaeus exilis?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Napaeus exilis a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.