Islamia hadei

Islamia hadei
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Hydrobiidae
Genus:	Islamia
Species:	I. hadei
Binomial name
Islamia hadei (Gittenberger, 1982)
Synonyms[2][3]
Horatia hadei Gittenberger, 1982

Islamia hadei is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.[2][3][4]

Taxonomic note

Fauna Europaea recognises two subspecies : Islamia hadei subsp. hadei (E. Gittenberger 1982) and Islamia hadei subsp. molai (A. Reischutz & P.L. Reischutz 2008).[3]

Geographic distribution

Islamia hadei is endemic to Greece, where it where it is only known from a small spring 5 km southwest of Githion.[2]

Conservation status

This species is currently classified by the IUCN as critically endangered and possibly extinct. The spring it was originally recorded from is being used to provide water for domestic purposes and recent surveys have failed to find any specimens; however, it may still survive in groundwater or a small remnant of the spring.[2]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Greece

References

1. Falniowski, A.; Régnier, C. (2011). "Islamia hadei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T155998A4881392. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155998A4881392.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
2. Falniowski, A. & Régnier, C. (2013). "Islamia hadei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2014.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
3. "Taxon Details: Islamia hadei (E. Gittenberger 1982)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
4. "Islamia hadei (E. Gittenberger, 1982)". European Environment Agency. Retrieved 9 August 2014.