Burnupia crassistriata

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	GASTROPODA	HYGROPHILA	PLANORBIDAE

Scientific Name:	Burnupia crassistriata
Species Authority:	(Preston, 1911)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2010

Assessor/s:

Lange, C.

Reviewer/s:

Seddon, M.B. & Kristensen, T. (Mollusc Red List Authority)

Justification:
This species has an extent of occurrence of less than 20,000 km². A continuing decline in habitat quality is due to climatic variability which has lead to major changes in water flow patterns in these locations. This is compounded by deforestation, wild fires, stream pollution and prolonged droughts. It almost qualifies as Vulnerable B1, however it is presumed to occur in more than 10 locations, and is therefore assessed as Near Threatened.

History:

2004

–

Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is endemic to the Kenyan central highlands (Aberdare and Mt. Kenya) and Mau escarpment, restricted to a total area of 15,800 km².
Countries:	Native: Kenya
Range Map:	(click map to view full version)

Population [top]

Population:	No information available.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is found in stony streams in least disturbed forest areas.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is threatened by the destruction of the mountain forests in the river catchments by humans through shifting cultivation, and both legal and illegal logging. Wildfires during the dry seasons have also destroyed vast forest regions in the past.

Major Threat(s):

This species is threatened by the destruction of the mountain forests in the river catchments by humans through shifting cultivation, and both legal and illegal logging. Wildfires during the dry seasons have also destroyed vast forest regions in the past.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	No information available.

Conservation Actions:

No information available.

Citation:	Lange, C. 2010. Burnupia crassistriata. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2012.
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