Littoridina gaudichaudii

Littoridina gaudichaudii
Shell of Littoridina gaudichaudii (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cochliopidae
Genus:	Littoridina
Species:	†L. gaudichaudii
Binomial name
†Littoridina gaudichaudii Souleyet, 1852[2]

Littoridina gaudichaudii is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Cochliopidae.[3]

This species is endemic to Ecuador. It is declared extinct.[4]

References

1. Bouchet, P. (1996). "Littoridina gaudichaudii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T12243A3329108. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T12243A3329108.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
2. (in French) Souleyet L. F. A. (1852). Voyage autour du Monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite, zoologie, II. page 565, plate 31, figure 31-33.
3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Littoridina gaudichaudii Souleyet, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=723414 on 2021-05-13
4. Bouchet, P (1996). "Littoridina gaudichaudii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996". The ICUN Realist.

Further reading

• Pilsbry H. A. (1905-1911). Non-marine mollusca of Patagonia. In: Hatcher J. B. & Scott W. B. Reports of the Princeton University Expeditions to Patagonia, 1896-1899. 3(2): page 550. Princeton and Stuttgart.
• Eydoux J.F.T. & Souleyet L.F.A. (1852). Voyage autour du monde exécuté pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette La Bonite commandée par M. Vaillant. Zoologie, Tome Deuxième. 664 pp., Paris (Arthus Bertrand)