| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | MOLLUSCA | GASTROPODA | LITTORINIMORPHA | HYDROBIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Islamia ateni |
| Species Authority: | (Boeters, 1969) |
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Assessor/s: | Arconada, B. |
| Reviewer/s: | Rolán, E., Ramos, M., Van Damme, D., Seddon, M., Feher, Z., Nichols, C. & Burden, A. |
| Contributor/s: | Seddon, M. |
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Justification: This species is known from only a single thermal spring in Lerida Spain that is used by people as a public bath. The actual site has been altered by road construction, and frequent surveys in the 1990s failed to find any specimens, so according to the Spanish Red List (e.g., Verdú and Galante 2009) it has been classified as Extinct (EX). This species has also been assessed at the regional level: European regional assessment: Extinct (EX) EU27 regional assessment: Extinct (EX) Mediterranean regional assessment: Extinct (EX). |
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| Range Description: | This species was only known from Balneario de San Vicente, Lerida (northeastern Spain). The Spa of San Vicente was built near a hot spring, and in the original description for this species (Boeters 1969) the site was described as "on a wall ... flowing hot water smells of sulphur". This spa has been profoundly altered due to the construction of a road, so that in recent visits to this locality it has not been possible to find this species (Arconada et al, in Verdu and Galante, 2006 p. 323). |
| Countries: |
Regionally extinct:
Spain (Spain (mainland))
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| Population: | In spite of several surveys over the last decade, no specimens have been found. So this species is only known from the original description in 1969. As the species has not been found and the habitat has been altered, Arconada et al. (in Verdu and Galante 2006 p. 323) consider the species to be extinct. |
| Habitat and Ecology: | This species occurred in springs: hot spring where Boeters (1969) described the species as living "on a wall ... flowing hot water smells of sulphur". |
| Systems: | Freshwater |
| Major Threat(s): | This spa has been profoundly altered due to the construction of a road as well as future possible changes to the habitat through site management for tourism and water use. |
| Conservation Actions: | This species was listed as Extinct (Verdu and Galante 2009), so the remaining measures can only be regular resurvey of last known locality as well as other sources and springs where they could live. It is also necessary to inform the population about the importance of conservation of these hot springs, which are home to a diversity of freshwater species. |
| Citation: | Arconada, B. 2011. Islamia ateni. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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