Hemistomia yalayu

Hemistomia yalayu 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 its type locality on the north east slope of Col d’Amoss, Pouébo.[1]

Hemistomia yalayu

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. yalayu
Binomial name
Hemistomia yalayu
Haase & Bouchet, 1998

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2011). "Hemistomia yalayu". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2011: e.T189471A8736640. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189471A8736640.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.

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