- Source: Belgrandia varica
Belgrandia varica is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.
Belgrandia varica was previously considered to be extinct, however it has been classified as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) by IUCN because it might still be present in a small spring that has been overlooked during previous surveys.
Distribution
This species is endemic to France.
References
Further reading
Falkner G., Ripken T. E. J. & Falkner M. (2002). Mollusques Continentaux de la France: Liste de Reference Annotee et Bibliographie. Museum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris.
External links
"Belgrandia varica (J. Paget, 1854)". National inventory of natural heritage. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Belgrandia varica
- Belgrandia
- List of European species extinct in the Holocene
- List of recently extinct molluscs
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species (Animalia)
- List of recently extinct invertebrates
- List of critically endangered molluscs
- List of critically endangered invertebrates
- List of non-marine molluscs of Metropolitan France
