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Gyrotoma pyramidata

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA GASTROPODA SORBEOCONCHA PLEUROCERIDAE

Scientific Name: Gyrotoma pyramidata
Species Authority: (Shuttleworth, 1845)
Common Name/s:
English – Pyramid Slitshell

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct ver 2.3
Year Published: 2000
Annotations:
Needs updating
Assessor/s: Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group)
Reviewer/s: Thompson, F.G. & Seddon, M.B. (Mollusc Red List Authority)
Contributor/s:
Justification:
Listed as Critically Endangered in 1996 (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) due to lack of survey data. Recent surveys now confirm this species is Extinct.
History:
1996 – Critically Endangered
1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Regionally extinct:
United States (Alabama)
Range Map: Click here to open the map viewer and explore range.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Freshwater
Citation: Bogan, A.E. (Mollusc Specialist Group) 2000. Gyrotoma pyramidata. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 June 2013.
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