Islamia bendidis
Islamia bendidis is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.[3][4][5]
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| Subfamily: | Islamiinae |
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| Species: | I. bendidis |
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| Islamia bendidis Reischütz, 1988[2] | |
Geographic distribution
I. bendidis is endemic to the island of Samothrace in Greece.[3]
Conservation status
This species is currently classified by the IUCN as critically endangered and possibly extinct. At the time of its original description it was already considered highly threatened, as the freshwater springs and streams that constitute its habitat are being exploited to provide water for domestic purposes, and recent surveys have failed to find any specimens at any of the five locations it was known from.[3]
References
- Radea, K. & Triantis, K. (2011). "Islamia bendidis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T155660A4816983. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155660A4816983.en.
- Reischütz, P. L. (1988). "Beiträge zur Molluskenfauna Thrakiens und Ostmakedoniens, II" (PDF). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien (in German). Naturhistorisches Museum. 90 (B): 341–356.
- Radea, K. & Triantis, K. (2013). "Islamia bendidis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- "Taxon Details: Islamia bendidis Reischutz 1988". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- "Islamia bendidis Reischütz, 1988". European Environment Agency. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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