Hemistomia lacinia

Hemistomia lacinia is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. This species is endemic to New Caledonia, where it is currently only known from its type locality at Mt. Nogouta, a hill in Païta, northwest of Nouméa.[1]

Hemistomia lacinia

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Hemistomia
Species:
H. lacinia
Binomial name
Hemistomia lacinia
Haase & Bouchet, 1998

See also

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). "Hemistomia lacinia". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T189300A8713159. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189300A8713159.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.


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