Opacuincola eduardstraussi

Opacuincola eduardstraussi is a critically endangered species of fresh water snail native to New Zealand.

Opacuincola eduardstraussi

Nationally Critical (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Tateidae
Genus: Opacuincola
Species:
O. eduardstraussi
Binomial name
Opacuincola eduardstraussi
Martin Haase, 2008[2]
Synonyms
  • Hydrobiidae sp. 13 (M.174115)

Habitat

This snail has been found in only one location in a stream in Twinforks Cave, Paturau in the Tasman District of New Zealand. The population trend of this snail is unknown at present but it is regarded as potentially threatened by land clearance, water pollution and damage by cattle.[3]

Conservation Status

In 2013 the Department of Conservation classified Opacuincola eduardstraussi as Nationally Critical under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1] The species was judged as meeting the criteria for Nationally Critical threat status as a result of it occupying a total area of less than 1 hectare. It is found only in one location and is also classified as Data Poor under the threat classification system.[1]

References
  1. Grainger, N.; Harding, J.; Drinan, T.; Collier, K.; Smith, B.; Death, R.; Makan, T.; Rolfe, J. (November 2018). "Conservation status of New Zealand freshwater invertebrates, 2018" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 28: 1–29 – via Department of Conservation.
  2. Haase, Martin (February 2008). "The radiation of hydrobiid gastropods in New Zealand: A revision including the description of new species based on morphology and mtDNA sequence information". Systematics and Biodiversity. 6 (1): 99–159. doi:10.1017/S1477200007002630.
  3. "Opacuincola eduardstraussi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
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