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Species of gastropod

Marstoniopsis insubrica
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Amnicolidae
Genus: Marstoniopsis
Species: M. insubrica
Binomial name
Marstoniopsis insubrica
(Küster, 1853)
Synonyms

Paludina insubrica Küster, 1853
Marstoniopsis scholtzi (A. Schmidt, 1856)

Marstoniopsis insubrica is a species of minute freshwater snail in the family Amnicolidae. It is widespread but patchily distributed in Europe. Although not considered endangered as a species, it is generally rare and locally threatened through much of its range; in Switzerland it is considered extinct.

Distribution

This species lives in some areas in Northern, Western, Central, and Eastern Europe, including:

  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • Estonia
  • Germany – critically endangered (vom Aussterben bedroht)
  • Great Britain – rare
  • Ireland
  • Italy (northern)
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Netherlands
  • Poland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland – extinct
  • Ukraine – rare

Habitat

Marstoniopsis insubrica occurs in lakes, rivers and estuaries.

References

  1. ^ Killeen, I.; Cianfanelli, S. (2022) . "Marstoniopsis insubrica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T155469A221560924. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T155469A221560924.en. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. Küster H. C. (1852). "Die Gattungen Paludina, Hydrocaena und Valvata. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen". Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 1(21): 1–96, Taf. 1–14. page 77. table 13, fig. 20–21 (in German).
  3. Schmidt A. (1856). "Verzeichniss der Binnenmollusken Norddeutschlands mit kritischen Bemerkungen". Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 8: 120–169 (in German).
  4. Falniowski, Andrzej; Wilke, Thomas (2001). "The genus Marstoniopsis (Gastropoda: Rissooidea): intra- and intergeneric phylogenetic relationships". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 67 (4): 483–488. doi:10.1093/mollus/67.4.483.
  5. ^ Bundesamt für Umwelt, Bern & Schweizer Zentrum für die Kartografie der Fauna, Neuenburg (2012). Rote Liste Weichtiere (Schnecken und Muscheln). Gefährdete Arten der Schweiz, Stand 2010 (PDF).
  6. ^ Anistratenko, Vitaliy V.; Anistratenko, Olga Yu (2018). "Finding of the regionally extremely rare spring snail Marstoniopsis insubrica (Gastropoda: Amnicolidae) in the Olshanka River and its conservation status in Ukraine". Ruthenica. 28 (3): 119–124.
  7. Glöer P. & Meier-Brook C. (2003). Süsswassermollusken. DJN, pp. 134, page 107, ISBN 3-923376-02-2.

External links

  • Horsák, Michal; Schenková, Veronika; Páll-Gergely, Barna (2013). "Fossil records of Marstoniopsis insubrica (Küster, 1853) suggest its wide distribution in Central Europe during the Early Holocene". Malacologia. 56 (1–2): 339–342. doi:10.4002/040.056.0223.
Taxon identifiers
Marstoniopsis insubrica


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