Corseria corsica

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Prie, V |year= 2010 |title= Corseria corsica |page= e.T13636A4280342 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T13636A4280342.en |access-date=June 27, 2014}}

| genus = Corseria

| parent_authority = Boeters & Falkner, 2009

| species = corsica

| authority = (Bernasconi, 1994){{Cite GBIF|taxon=Corseria corsica|id=4561250}}

| synonyms =

  • Moitessieria corsica Bernasconi, 1994 (original combination)
  • Spiralix corsica (R. Bernasconi, 1994)

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Corseria corsica is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod micromollusc in the family Moitessieriidae.Bouchet, P. (2014). Corseria corsica (Bernasconi, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744625 on 2015-02-19

This species is endemic to the island of Corsica, a department of France. The IUCN regards C. corsica as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) as it has not been observed for 16 years.

References

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  • Bernasconi, R. (1994). Le genre Moitessieria Bgt, 1863 en France: Révision, inventaire et description de M. corsica n. sp. (Mollusca Gasteropoda Prosobranchia Hydrobiidae). Mémoires de Biospéologie. 21: 7-20

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Category:Moitessieriidae

Category:Endemic molluscs of Metropolitan France

Category:Gastropods described in 1994

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Cave snails

Category:Endemic fauna of Corsica

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