Corseria corsica
| Corseria corsica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Moitessieriidae |
| Genus: | Corseria Boeters & Falkner, 2009 |
| Species: | C. corsica
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| Binomial name | |
| Corseria corsica (Bernasconi, 1994)[2]
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Corseria corsica is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod micromollusc in the family Moitessieriidae.[3]
This species is endemic to the island of Corsica, a department of France. The IUCN regards C. corsica as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) as it has not been observed for 16 years.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Prie, V (2010). "Corseria corsica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T13636A4280342. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T13636A4280342.en. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ "Corseria corsica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Corseria corsica (Bernasconi, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744625 on 2015-02-19
- Bernasconi, R. (1994). Le genre Moitessieria Bgt, 1863 en France: Révision, inventaire et description de M. corsica n. sp. (Mollusca Gasteropoda Prosobranchia Hydrobiidae). Mémoires de Biospéologie. 21: 7-20