Corseria corsica

Corseria corsica
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Moitessieriidae
Genus:	Corseria Boeters & Falkner, 2009
Species:	C. corsica
Binomial name
Corseria corsica (Bernasconi, 1994) [2]
Synonyms
Moitessieria corsicaBernasconi, 1994 (original combination) Spiralix corsica(R. Bernasconi, 1994)

Corseria corsica is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod micromollusc in the family Moitessieriidae. ^[3]

This species is endemic to the island of Corsica, a department of France. The IUCN regards C. corsica as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) as it has not been observed for 16 years. ^[1]

References

1. Prie, V (2010). "Corseria corsica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T13636A4280342. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T13636A4280342.en . Retrieved June 27, 2014.
2. "Corseria corsica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility .
3. Bouchet, P. (2014). Corseria corsica (Bernasconi, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744625 on 2015-02-19

• Bernasconi, R. (1994). Le genre Moitessieria Bgt, 1863 en France: Révision, inventaire et description de M. corsica n. sp. (Mollusca Gasteropoda Prosobranchia Hydrobiidae). Mémoires de Biospéologie. 21: 7-20