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Gyraulus costulatus

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Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	MOLLUSCA	GASTROPODA	HYGROPHILA	PLANORBIDAE

Scientific Name:	Gyraulus costulatus
Species Authority:	(Krauss, 1848)
Synonym/s:	Gyraulus exilis Mandahl-Barth, 1954 Gyraulus exilis Mandahl-Barth, 1954 Gyraulus exilis Mandahl-Barth, 1954 Gyraulus exilis Mandahl-Barth, 1954 Gyraulus exilis Mandahl-Barth, 1954 Gyraulus exilis Mandahl-Barth, 1954 Gyraulus exilis Mandahl-Barth, 1954 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848 Planorbis costulatus Krauss, 1848

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Assessor/s:	Appleton, C., Ghamizi, M., Jørgensen, A., Kristensen, T.K., Lange, C., Stensgaard, A-S. & Van Damme, D.
Reviewer/s:	Seddon, M., Van Damme, D., Graf, D.L., Appleton, C. & Bennett, L.
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Justification: This is a widespread and common species. It is not under threat at present and assessed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	Gyraulus costulatus is widespread in the tropical region of Africa. Its main range extends from Ethiopia and southern Sudan westwards to the Senegal River and Southwards to Angola, Okavango and eastern South Africa (Brown 1994). Central Africa: It is found throughout the Congo. Eastern Africa: It is recorded from Lake Mutanda, Uganda, and is believed to occur in other eastern Africa Wetlands (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania). Northern Africa: In the region under consideration known from the Tassili N'Ajjar region (Algeria), Tejerhi in Fezzan (Libya) and a few localities in southern Egypt e.g., Upper Nile at Asyut (Brown 1994). This is the northern part of its range, widely spread further south. Northeastern Africa: This species is found in the region of Lake Nasser, Sudan, and Ethiopia. Southern Africa: In the southern African region it is distributed over the northern and eastern highveld, KwaZulu-Natal, eastern Zimbabwe and the Okavango River system (Appleton 1996). There are records from Angola but the locations are not precisely known. Western Africa: It is found throughout western Africa.
Countries:	Native: Algeria; Angola (Angola, Angola); Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo; Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea (Equatorial Guinea (mainland)); Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, United Republic of; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]

Population:	No information available regarding population sizes, but the species is widespread and common.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It can be found among vegetation and stones in various permanent standing and running waterbodies.
Systems:	Freshwater

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

No known threats to this widespread species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

No specific conservation measures in place for this species.

Citation:	Appleton, C., Ghamizi, M., Jørgensen, A., Kristensen, T.K., Lange, C., Stensgaard, A-S. & Van Damme, D. 2010. Gyraulus costulatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 May 2013.
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