Somatogyrus wheeleri
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | MOLLUSCA | GASTROPODA | LITTORINIMORPHA | HYDROBIIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Somatogyrus wheeleri | |||
| Species Authority: | Walker, 1915 | |||
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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Extinct ver 2.3 | ||||||
| Year Assessed: | 2000 | ||||||
| Assessor/s: | Mollusc Specialist Group | ||||||
| Reviewer/s: | Seddon, M.B. (Mollusc Red List Authority) | ||||||
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Justification: Somatogyrus wheeleri was known from only one locality. Despite recent surveys this species has not been found. It is now thought to be extinct. |
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Geographic Range [top]
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Regionally extinct:
United States (Arkansas)
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Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Systems: | Freshwater |
Bibliography [top]
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Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland. Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. |
| Citation: | Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Somatogyrus wheeleri. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2012. |
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