Omphalotropis plicosa
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Omphalotropis plicosa is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, a 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
- ^ a b c 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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