Omphalotropis plicosa

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]

Omphalotropis plicosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Assimineidae
Genus:
Omphalotropis
Species:
O. plicosa
Binomial name
Omphalotropis plicosa
(Pfeiffer, 1852)

It was thought to be extinct and it was listed as extinct in the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]

Living population have been found in 2002.[1]

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.


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