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Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 507 endangered mollusc species. [1] Of all evaluated mollusc species, 7.0% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists nine mollusc subspecies as endangered.
Gastropods (/ ˈ ɡ æ s t r ə p ɒ d z /), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (/ ɡ æ s ˈ t r ɒ p ə d ə /). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and from the land.
Gastropods [ edit ] There are 267 extinct species, 134 possibly extinct species, 14 extinct in the wild species, two possibly extinct in the wild species, five extinct subspecies, one possibly extinct subspecies, and five extinct in the wild subspecies of gastropod evaluated by the IUCN.
The white abalone, scientific name Haliotis sorenseni, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. [3]The white abalone is an endangered species in the United States; it may now have the smallest population of all eight of the abalone species on the west coast of North America.
The endangered marine snail with a coveted iridescent shell remains threatened by a disease called withering syndrome, which it may be more susceptible to due to the stress of ocean warming and ...
There are 34 freshwater gastropod taxa on this list. The only marine endangered gastropod is Haliotis sorenseni. The only overseas endangered land snail is Papustyla pulcherrima. Altogether 36 gastropod species are federally listed as of 2 October 2009. [4]
Haliotis cracherodii, the black abalone, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. [3]This species is relatively small compared with most of the other abalone species from the eastern Pacific, and it has a relatively smooth dark shell.
Gastropods are found in a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial habitats, from deep ocean trenches to deserts. [citation needed] Some of the more familiar and better-known gastropods are terrestrial gastropods (the land snails and slugs). Some live in fresh water, but most named species of gastropods live in a marine environment. [citation needed]