Biology:List of endangered molluscs

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Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.

In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 507 endangered mollusc species.[1] Of all evaluated mollusc species, 7.0% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists nine mollusc subspecies as endangered.

No subpopulations of molluscs have been evaluated by the IUCN.

For a species to be considered endangered by the IUCN it must meet certain quantitative criteria which are designed to classify taxa facing "a very high risk of extinction". An even higher risk is faced by critically endangered species, which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Critically endangered molluscs are listed separately. There are 1088 mollusc species which are endangered or critically endangered.

Additionally 1988 mollusc species (27% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN.[2] While the category of data deficient indicates that no assessment of extinction risk has been made for the taxa, the IUCN notes that it may be appropriate to give them "the same degree of attention as threatened taxa, at least until their status can be assessed".[3]

This is a complete list of endangered mollusc species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN.

There are 448 species and seven subspecies of gastropod assessed as endangered.

Stylommatophora

Stylommatophora is a very diverse group that includes the majority of land snails and slugs. There are 187 species and two subspecies in the order Stylommatophora assessed as endangered.

A shell of Eua zebrina
A live specimen of Samoa diaphana
A live specimen of Newcombia cumingi
A shell of Partulina variabilis
A gathering of live specimens of Ctenophila setiliris in Réunion
A live individual of Gonospira uvula
Live individuals of Helix texta
A live specimen Iberus gualtieranus
Different views of a shell of Xerocrassa montserratensis
A live individual of Megalobulimus parafragilior
Different views of a shell of Patera clenchi
Different views of a shell of Sculptiferussacia clausiliaeformis
Several empty shells of Truncatellina arcyensis
A shell of Vertigo heldi
  • Elasmias ovatulum
  • Newcombia canaliculata
  • Newcombia cumingi
  • Newcombia lirata
  • Newcombia perkinsi
  • Newcombia pfeifferi
  • Newcombia sulcata
  • Partulina mighelsiana
  • Partulina perdix
  • Partulina physa
  • Partulina proxima
  • Partulina redfieldi
  • Partulina semicarinata
  • Partulina splendida (splendid partulina)
  • Partulina tappaniana
  • Partulina tessellata
  • Partulina variabilis
  • Perdicella helena
  • Pachnodus becketti
  • Pachnodus fregatensis
  • Pachnodus kantilali
  • Pachnodus niger
  • Pachnodus ornatus
  • Ba humbugi
  • Orangia cookei
  • Orangia sporadica
  • Pilula mahesiana
  • Ptychodon schuppi
  • Radioconus riochcoensis
  • Radiodiscus amdenus
  • Semperdon uncatus
  • Sinployea princei
  • Sinployea rotumana
  • Trachycystis haygarthi
  • Advena charon
  • Dolapex amiculus
  • Erepta odontina
  • Kaliella aldabra
  • Lutilodix imitratrix
  • Mathewsoconcha belli

Species

Subspecies

  • Orthalicus reses reses (Stock Island tree snail)
  • Ctenophila caldwelli
  • Ctenophila setiliris
  • Dancea rodriguezensis
  • Dupontia perlucida
  • Hacrochlamys lineolatus
  • Lamprocystis hahajimana

Species

Subspecies

  • Tayloria urguessensis subangulata
  • Arianta chamaeleon
  • Codringtonia codringtonii (rock snail)
  • Cornu mazzullii
  • Helix godetiana
  • Helix texta
  • Helix valentini
  • Hemicycla pouchadan
  • Iberus gualtieranus
  • Lampadia webbiana
  • Marmorana nebrodensis
  • Tacheocampylaea acropachia
  • Tacheocampylaea cyrniaca
  • Tacheocampylaea tacheoides
  • Theba grasseti

Other stylommatophoran species

Littorinimorpha

There are 147 littorinimorph species and three subspecies assessed as endangered.

A live individual of Antrobia culveri
A live specimen of Belgrandiella wawrai
  • Alzoniella asturica
  • Alzoniella delmastroi
  • Alzoniella edmundi
  • Alzoniella finalina
  • Antrobia culveri (Tumbling Creek cavesnail)
  • Beddomeia capensis
  • Beddomeia fallax
  • Belgrandia conoidea
  • Belgrandia lusitanica
  • Belgrandiella adsharica
  • Belgrandiella aulaei
  • Belgrandiella wawrai
  • Boetersiella sturmi
  • Bracenica spiridoni
  • Bythinella bavarica
  • Bythinella carinulata
  • Bythinella viridis
  • Bythinella zyvionteki
  • Bythiospeum bormanni
  • Bythiospeum clessini
  • Bythiospeum elseri
  • Bythiospeum klemmi
  • Bythiospeum labiatum
  • Bythiospeum lamperti
  • Bythiospeum nocki
  • Bythiospeum noricum
  • Bythiospeum sterkianum
  • Bythiospeum taxisi
  • Daphniola exigua
  • Falsipyrgula barroisi
  • Falsipyrgula pfeiferi
  • Fonscochlea aquatica
  • Fonscochlea billakalina
  • Giustia bodoni
  • Giustia gofasi
  • Giustia janai
  • Giustia midarensis
  • Graecoanatolica dinarica
  • Graecoanatolica lacustristurca
  • Graecoanatolica pamphylica
  • Graecoanatolica tenuis
  • Graziana cezairensis
  • Graziana klagenfurtensis
  • Graziana provincialis
  • Graziana trinitatis
  • Hadopyrgus anops
  • Hadopyrgus brevis
  • Hauffenia jadertina
  • Hauffenia kerschneri
  • Hauffenia nesemanni
  • Hauffenia wienerwaldensis
  • Heideella knidirii
  • Heideella sp. 'salahi'
  • Hemistomia pusillior
  • Heterocyclus perroquini
  • Heterocyclus petiti
  • Horatia sp. 'aghbalensis'
  • Horatia sp. 'haasei'
  • Hydrobia guyenoti
  • Hydrobia maroccana
  • Hydrobia plena
  • Hydrobia schoutedeni
  • Iglica bagliviaeformis
  • Islamia henrici
  • Islamia pallida
  • Jardinella acuminata
  • Jardinella exigua
  • Jardinella jesswiseae
  • Jardinella pallida
  • Jardinella zeidlerorum
  • Leiorhagium montfaouense
  • Leiorhagium ruali
  • Leptopyrgus manneringi
  • Lyhnidia gjorgjevici
  • Maroccopsis agadirensis
  • Ocmulgee marstonia (Marstonia agarhecta)
  • Mercuria meridionalis
  • Mercuria vindilica
  • Meridiopyrgus murihiku
  • Moominia willii
  • Narentiana vjetrenicae
  • Ohridohauffenia depressa
  • Ohridohauffenia rotonda
  • Ohridohauffenia sanctinaumi
  • Ohridohoratia carinata
  • Ohrigocea karevi
  • Ohrigocea miladinovorum
  • Ohrigocea ornata
  • Ohrigocea samuili
  • Ohrigocea stankovici
  • Parabythinella macedonica
  • Paxillostium nanum
  • Pezzolia radapalladis
  • Plagigeyeria deformata
  • Plagigeyeria zetaprotogona
  • Pseudamnicola geldiayana
  • Pseudamnicola lucensis
  • Pseudamnicola solitaria
  • Pyrgohydrobia prespaensis
  • Duckwater pyrg (Pyrgulopsis aloba)
  • San Bernardino springsnail (Pyrgulopsis bernardina)
  • Transverse grand pyrg (Pyrgulopsis cruciglans)
  • Naegele springsnail (Pyrgulopsis metcalfi)
  • Salenthydrobia ferrerii
  • Sardohoratia islamioides
  • Saxurinator montenegrinus
  • Sipun cave water snail (Saxurinator sketi)
  • Spathogyna fezi
  • Tarraconia rolani
  • Tongapyrgus subterraneus
  • Trochidrobia inflata
  • Vinodolia fiumana
  • Vinodolia fluviatilis
  • Vinodolia gluhodolica
  • Vinodolia scutarica

Species

  • Bithynia pesicii
  • Bithynia prespensis
  • Bithynia skadarskii
  • Bithynia zeta
  • Funduella incisa
  • Gabbiella barthi
  • Gabbiella spiralis
  • Gabbiella tchadiensis
  • Gabbiella verdcourti
  • Liminitesta sulcata
  • Pseudobithynia levantica
  • Pseudobithynia trichonis

Subspecies

  • Gabbiella humerosa alberti
  • Gabbiella humerosa edwardi
  • Gabbiella humerosa kyogae

Other Littorinimorpha species

Species

Subspecies

  • Bellamya unicolor abyssinicus
  • Maizania hildebrandti thikensis
  • Helicina rostrata
  • Black nerite (Theodoxus prevostianus)
  • Metkovich cave nerite (Theodoxus subterrelictus)
  • Striped nerite (Theodoxus transversalis)

Hygrophila species

There are 22 Hygrophila species assessed as endangered.

  • Lymnaea maroccana
  • Radix pinteri
  • Radix skutaris
  • Shortspire pondsnail (Stagnicola idahoensis)
  • Stagnicola kayseris

Other gastropod species

There are 57 species and two subspecies in the class Bivalvia assessed as endangered.

There are 54 species and two subspecies in the order Unionoida assessed as endangered.

  • Spectacle case pearly mussel (Cumberlandia monodonta)
  • Margaritifera homsensis
  • Margaritifera laosensis
  • Freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)
  • Alabama pearl shell (Margaritifera marrianae)

Species

Subspecies

  • Catspaw (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata)
  • Rough rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica strigillata)

Other Unionida species

  • Corbicula possoensis
  • Pisidium edlaueri
  • Pisidium maasseni

See also

References

  1. "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. http://www.iucnredlist.org/. Retrieved 8 September 2016. 
  2. "Limitations of the Data". Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. http://www.iucnredlist.org/initiatives/mammals/description/limitations. Retrieved 11 January 2016. 
  3. "2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)". Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. http://www.iucnredlist.org/static/categories_criteria_3_1. Retrieved 11 January 2016.