SUCCINEIDAE

'Succineidae' or 'Ambersnails' are a family of snails.

Contents

Conservation

List of threatened species

Assigned other IUCN categories

References

External links

Conservation

The World Conservation Union (IUCN) considers five species or subspecies of ambersnail as threatened with extinction, and a further three species are categorized as "data deficient" which were previously considered Vulnerable or extinct, and two species are listed as Near Threatened.

List of threatened species

★ ''Oxyloma kanabense'', Kanab Ambersnail (Critically Endangered)

★ ''Succinea piratarum'' (Endangered)

★ ''Succinea quadrasi'' (Endangered)

★ ''Boninosuccinea ogasawarae'' (Vulnerable)

★ ''Boninosuccinea punctulispira'' (Vulnerable)

Assigned other IUCN categories

★ ''Catinella arenaria'', Sandbowl Snail (Near Threatened)

★ ''Succinea sanctaehelenae'' (Near Threatened)

★ ''Succinea guamensis'' (Data Deficient, previously considered extinct)

★ ''Succinea chittenangoensis'', Chittenago Ovate Ambersnail (Data Deficient, previously vulnerable)

★ ''Succinea philippinica'' (Data Deficient, previously vulnerable)

References

★ The Animal Diversity Web (online)

★ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [www.iucnredlist.org]

External links