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Omphalotropis plicosa

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Species of gastropod

Omphalotropis plicosa
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Assimineidae
Genus: Omphalotropis
Species: †O. plicosa
Binomial name
†Omphalotropis plicosa
(Pfeiffer, 1852)

Omphalotropis plicosa is a species of small salt marsh snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Assimineidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius.

It was thought to be extinct and it was listed as extinct in the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Living population have been found in 2002.

References

  1. ^ Griffiths, O. (1996). "Omphalotropis plicosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15297A4511585. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15297A4511585.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Taxon identifiers
Omphalotropis plicosa


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