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==Distribution== ==Distribution==
This species existed only in a single habitat, in ], situated on the border between ] and the former Yugoslav ]. The population of the snail began to decline in the 1970s. Researchers were unable to locate it species after 1992, and it is now presumed extinct. This species existed only in a single habitat, in ], situated on the border between ] and what is today the ]. The population of the snail began to decline in the 1970s. Researchers were unable to locate it species after 1992, and it is now presumed extinct.


==References== ==References==

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Graecoanatolica macedonica
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Graecoanatolica
Species: G. macedonica
Binomial name
Graecoanatolica macedonica
Radoman & Stanovic, 1978

Graecoanatolica macedonica is an extinct species of small freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hybrobiidae.

Distribution

This species existed only in a single habitat, in Dojran Lake, situated on the border between Greece and what is today the Republic of Macedonia. The population of the snail began to decline in the 1970s. Researchers were unable to locate it species after 1992, and it is now presumed extinct.

References

  • Ryan, S. and Griffiths, H.I. 2001. The decline and probable extinction of Graecoanatolica macedonica (Gastropoda: Orientallnidae) in Balkan Lake Dorjan. Journal of Conchology 37:261-265.


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