Marstonia ozarkensis

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Marstonia ozarkensis
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Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe) [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Marstonia
Species:
M. ozarkensis
Binomial name
Marstonia ozarkensis
(Hinkley, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Pyrgulopsis ozarkensisHinkley, 1915

Marstonia ozarkensis, common name the Ozark pyrg, is a species of very small or minute freshwater snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Hydrobiidae. This species was endemic to Missouri and Arkansas [2] in the United States and was presumed extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as of December 2018. [3]

This species was named after the Ozarks, a highland region of the United States.

References

  1. ↑ Cordeiro, J. & Perez, K. (2012). "Marstonia ozarkensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012 e.T18980A1938533. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T18980A1938533.en .
  2. 1 2 "Marstonia ozarkensis". NatureServe Explorer An online encyclopedia of life. 7.1. NatureServe. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Ozark snail species presumed extinct following science-based surveys". Southeast Region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. December 18, 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-20.


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