Succineidae
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 Kanab Ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis)
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Succineidae or Ambersnails are a family of snails.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] List of threatened species
- Oxyloma kanabense, Kanab Ambersnail (Critically Endangered)
- Succinea piratarum (Endangered)
- Succinea quadrasi (Endangered)
- Boninosuccinea ogasawarae (Vulnerable)
- Boninosuccinea punctulispira (Vulnerable)
[edit] 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)
[edit] References
- The Animal Diversity Web (online)
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [www.iucnredlist.org]
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