Islamia graeca

Islamia graeca is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.[2][3][4]

Islamia graeca

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Truncatelloidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Subfamily:
Islamiinae
Genus:
Islamia
Species:
I. graeca
Binomial name
Islamia graeca
Radoman, 1973

Geographic distribution

I. graeca is endemic to Greece, where it is restricted to Lake Amvrakia, a small, deep, oligotrophic lake in the south Adriatic-Ionian region of the country.[2]

Conservation status

This species is classified by the IUCN as critically endangered and possibly extinct. Recent surveys have failed to find any specimens and the sublittoral zone, which was the species original habitat,[2] is almost completely terrestrial nowadays,[5][6] as a result of over-extraction of water from Lake Amvrakia; however, there remains a possibility that the species may survive in a small remnant of lake shore.[2]

See also

References
  1. Reischutz, P. & Albrecht, C. (2011). "Islamia graeca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T155557A4797794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155557A4797794.en.
  2. Reischutz, P. & Albrecht, C. (2013). "Islamia graeca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  3. "Taxon Details: Islamia graeca Radoman, 1973". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  4. "Islamia graeca Radoman, 1973". European Environment Agency. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  5. Albrecht, C.; Lohfink, D.; Schultheiß, R. (2006). Cowie, R. (ed.). "Dramatic decline and loss of mollusc diversity in long-lived lakes in Greece" (PDF). Tentacle. University of Hawaii. 14: 11–13.
  6. Reischütz, A.; Reischütz, P. L. (2002). "Helleniká pantoía, 2: Limni Amvrakia - vom raschen Sterben eines Langzeitsees (Aitolien/Akarnanien, Griechenland)" (PDF). Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Malakologischen Gesellschaft Vorarlbergs (in German). Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum. 10: 59–60.


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