Graecoanatolica macedonica

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Graecoanatolica macedonica
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Graecoanatolica macedonica from Lake Dojran, Rep. Macedonia, 2011.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
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 Hydrobiidae.

Distribution

This species existed only in a single habitat, in Dojran Lake, situated on the border between Greece and what is today North Macedonia. The population of the snail began to decline in the 1970s. Researchers were unable to locate any members of the species after 1992, and it is now presumed extinct. [2]

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References

  1. Albrecht, C.; Hauffe, T. & Reischutz, P. (2013). "Graecoanatolica macedonica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2013. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  2. 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.