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Omphalotropis plicosa

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Omphalotropis plicosa
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 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.[1]

Living population have been found in 2002.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.