Omphalotropis plicosa
| Omphalotropis plicosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Omphalotropis |
| Species: | O. plicosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Omphalotropis plicosa (Pfeiffer, 1852) | |
Omphalotropis plicosa is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, an terrestrial gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Assimineidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius.[1]
It was thought to be extinct and it was listed as extinct in the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[2]
Living population have been found in 2002.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Florens F. B. V. & Baider C. (2007). "Relocation of Omphalotropis plicosa (Pfeiffer, 1852), a Mauritian endemic landsnail believed extinct". Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(2): 205-206. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym004.
- ↑ Griffiths O. (1996). Omphalotropis plicosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
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