Littoridina gaudichaudii

Littoridina gaudichaudii

Anatomy of the anterior end of the soft parts of an individual of Littoridina gaudichaudii. "Pen" marks the penis.
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 2.3)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Rissooidea
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Littoridina
Species:	† L. gaudichaudii
Binomial name
† Littoridina gaudichaudii Souleyet, 1852^[2]

† Littoridina gaudichaudii is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae.

This species was endemic to Ecuador. It is now extinct.

References

^ Bouchet, P. (1996). Littoridina gaudichaudii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
^ (French) Souleyet L. F. A. (1852). Voyage autour du Monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite, zoologie, II. page 565, plate 31, figure 31-33.

Further reading

Pilsbry H. A. (1905-1911). Non-marine mollusca of Patagonia. In: Hatcher J. B. & Scott W. B. Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. 3(2): page 550. Princeton and Stuttgart.