Falniowskia neglectissima

Falniowskia neglectissima
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Truncatelloidea
Family: Hydrobiidae
Genus: Falniowskia
Species: F. neglectissima
Binomial name
Falniowskia neglectissima
(Falniowski & Steffek, 1989)

Falniowskia neglectissima is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, the snouted freshwater snails.

Distribution

F. neglectissima occurs in Southern Poland and Ukraine.[1][2][3]

Habitat

F. neglectissima inhabits freshwater springs.[1]

Conservation status

F. neglectissima was originally assessed as Near Threatened (LR/nt) for the 1996 IUCN Red List, as it is restricted to springs in a small geographical area. However, individuals have not been found since 1988 and it is currently considered data deficient;[1] it is listed as critically endangered in the Polish Red Data Book of Animals.[2]

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