Islamia trichoniana
| Islamia trichoniana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Truncatelloidea |
| Family: | Hydrobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Islamiinae |
| Genus: | Islamia |
| Species: | I. trichoniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Islamia trichoniana Radoman, 1979 | |
Islamia trichoniana is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.[1][2][3]
Geographic distribution
I. trichoniana is endemic to Greece, where it is restricted to Lake Trichonida, an ancient, deep, oligotrophic lake[4] in the south Adriatic-Ionian region of the country.[1]
Conservation status
This species is currently classified by the IUCN as critically endangered and possibly extinct. While it was once found throughout Lake Trichonida, it is currently known from only one location on the northeast shore of the lake. It is threatened by habitat destruction, as intensive agricultural practices in the neighbouring area lead to water pollution and eutrophication of the lake and the excessive abstraction of water for irrigation purposes causes a drop in water level.[1][5][6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Hauffe, T.; Albrecht, C. & Schreiber, K. (2013). "Islamia trichoniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ "Taxon Details: Islamia trichoniana Radoman, 1979". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ "Islamia trichoniana Radoman, 1979". European Environment Agency. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
- ↑ Albrecht, C.; Hauffe, T.; Schreiber, K.; Trajanovski, S. & Wilke, T. (2009). "Mollusc Biodiversity and Endemism in the Potential Ancient Lake Trichonis, Greece". Malacologia. 51 (2): 357–375. doi:10.4002/040.051.0209.
- ↑ Albrecht, C.; Lohfink, D. & Schultheiß, R. (2006). Cowie, R., ed. "Dramatic decline and loss of mollusc diversity in long-lived lakes in Greece" (PDF). Tentacle. University of Hawaii. 14: 11–13.
- ↑ Reischütz, A.; Reischütz, P. L. (2003). "Helleniká pantoía, 5: Zur Kentniss der Molluskenfauna des Limni Trichonida und des Limni Lisimachia (Aitolien/Akarnanien, Griechenland)" (PDF). Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Malakologischen Gesellschaft Vorarlbergs (in German). Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum. 11: 28–30.