Hemistomia xaracuu

Hemistomia xaracuu 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 only known from a spring in a creek bed near Ouaméni in the Bouloupari basin.[1]

Hemistomia xaracuu

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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H. xaracuu
Binomial name
Hemistomia xaracuu
Haase & Bouchet, 1998

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). "Hemistomia xaracuu". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T188940A8665242. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T188940A8665242.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

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