Boucardicus fortistriatus

Boucardicus fortistriatus is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Cyclophoridae.

Boucardicus fortistriatus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Suborder:	Caenogastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:	Cyclophoroidea
Family:	Cyclophoridae
Genus:	Boucardicus
Species:	B. fortistriatus
Binomial name
Boucardicus fortistriatus Emberton & Pearce, 1999.

This species is endemic to Madagascar where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It lives in the Toliara Province of Madagascar, and is found only above 860 m ASL on Mount Vasiha.[1]

Conservation status

B. fortistriatus was assessed as critically endangered in 2000. The status was assessed by K. C. Emberton, one of the species' authorities, and evaluated by M. B. Seddon of the Mollusc Red List Authority. The species was found to meet three of the 'critically endangered' species criteria - B1, that the existing population is "severely fragmented or known to exist at only a single location", and B2cd, that a continuing decline is projected in the species' "area, extent and/or quality of habitat" and "number of locations or subpopulations". B. fortistriatus is furthermore estimated to occupy less than 10 km².[2] This species' habitat within Madagascar is being destroyed by slash and burn agriculture, according to the IUCN.[1]

References

1. "IUCN Red List Boucardicus fortistriatus". IUCN. 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-04.
2. "IUCN Red List Categories & Criteria (version 2.3)". IUCN. December 1994. Archived from the original on May 17, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-04.