Trochoidea picardi

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Trochoidea picardi
Xyrocrassa davidiana picardi.JPG
Trochoidea davidiana picardi shells
Scientific classification
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T. picardi
Binomial name
Trochoidea picardi
F. Haas, 1933
Synonyms

Xerocrassa davidiana picardi (F. Haas, 1933)

Trochoidea picardi is or was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Hygromiidae, the hairy snails and their allies.

This species is or was endemic to Israel.

Conservation status[]

In the 1996 IUCN Red list,[1] the species was listed as extinct or locally extinct.

According to the Mienis (2003),[2] in 2003 the species was at the edge of extinction.

References[]

  1. ^ Heller, J. 1996. Trochoidea picardi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  2. ^ Mienis H. K. 2003. Xerocrassa davidiana picardi: a terrestrial snail on the brink of extinction in Israel. Tentacle No. 11—January 2003: 10-11.

Further reading[]

  • Bar Z. 1978. Trochoidea picardi in western Galilee. Levantina 13: 32–134.


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