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List of recently extinct molluscs. 2 languages. Deutsch; ... There are 267 extinct species, 134 possibly extinct species, 14 extinct in the wild species, two possibly ...
One bivalve group, the rudists, became major reef-builders in the Cretaceous, but became extinct in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. [26] Even so, bivalves remain abundant and diverse. The Hyolitha are a class of extinct animals with a shell and operculum that may be molluscs.
Recently extinct species of gastropods (extinct since 1500) number 444, 18 species are now extinct in the wild (but still exist in captivity), and 69 species are "possibly extinct". [ 14 ] The number of prehistoric (fossil) species of gastropods is at least 15,000 species.
The invasive zebra mussel species harms native mollusks by directly colonizing them and eating their food. Zebra mussels, shown here, are an invasive species threatening native mollusk populations.
See: List of endangered molluscs, List of critically endangered molluscs. Vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN. Additionally 1988 mollusc species (27% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient , meaning there is insufficient information for a full ...
Partula suturalis, commonly called the moorean viviparous tree snail or the sutural partula, is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to the island of Moorea, French Polynesia. It is now extinct in the wild.
The BBC notes, "of the 41 communities researchers studied, arapaima populations were extinct in eight of them." And the giant fish, which typically weighs in at more than 400 pounds, is rapidly ...
The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 taxonomic classes, [8] of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates—and either the giant squid or the colossal squid is the largest known extant