Omphalotropis plicosa

Omphalotropis plicosa is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Assimineidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius.[1]

Omphalotropis plicosa

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Assimineidae
Genus:
Omphalotropis
Species:
O. plicosa
Binomial name
Omphalotropis plicosa
(Pfeiffer, 1852)

It was thought to be extinct and it was listed as extinct in the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[2]

Living population have been found in 2002.[1]

References
  1. Florens F. B. V. & Baider C. (2007). "Relocation of Omphalotropis plicosa (Pfeiffer, 1852), a Mauritian endemic landsnail believed extinct". Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(2): 205-206. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym004.
  2. Griffiths O. (1996). Omphalotropis plicosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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