List of recently extinct molluscs

581 critically endangered mollusc species (8.4%) 507 endangered mollusc species (7.3%) 879 vulnerable mollusc species (13%) 535 near threatened mollusc species (7.7%) 2437 least concern mollusc species (35%) 1988 data deficient mollusc species (29%)Circle frame.svg
  •   Extinct in the wild (EW): 14 species
  •   Critically endangered (CR): 581 species
  •   Endangered (EN): 507 species
  •   Vulnerable (VU): 879 species
  •   Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 535 species
  •   Least concern (LC): 2,437 species
  •   Data deficient (DD): 1,988 species
Mollusc species (IUCN, 2016.1)
  • 6941 extant species have been evaluated
  • 4953 of those are fully assessed[lower-alpha 1]
  • 2972 are not threatened at present[lower-alpha 2]
  • 1967 to 3955 are threatened[lower-alpha 3]
  • 324 to 441 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 310 extinct (EX) species[lower-alpha 4]
    • 14 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 117 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
  1. ↑ excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. ↑ NT, LR/cd, LC.
  3. ↑ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. ↑ Chart omits extinct (EX) species

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 310 extinct species, 117 possibly extinct species, 14 extinct in the wild species, eight extinct subspecies, and five extinct in the wild subspecies of mollusc.[1][2]


Gastropods

There are 281 extinct species, 109 possibly extinct species, 14 extinct in the wild species, five extinct subspecies, and five extinct in the wild subspecies of gastropod evaluated by the IUCN.

Patellogastropoda

Extinct species

Stylommatophora

Includes the majority of land snails and slugs.

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct in the wild species

Extinct subspecies

  • Achatinella apexfulva vittata
  • Achatinella bulimoides rosea
  • Partula suturalis suturalis
  • Partula taeniata taeniata
  • Placostylus bivaricosus etheridgei

Extinct in the wild subspecies

  • Partula suturalis strigosa
  • Partula suturalis vexillum
  • Partula taeniata elongata
  • Partula taeniata nucleola
  • Partula taeniata simulans

Littorinimorpha

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Sorbeoconcha

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

  • Mossy elimia (Elimia troostiana)
  • Melanoides agglutinans
  • Melanopsis germaini
  • Melanopsis infracincta
  • Melanopsis khabourensis
  • Melanopsis pachya

Extinct in the wild species

Architaenioglossa

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Cycloneritimorpha

Possibly extinct species

Hygrophila species

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Bivalvia

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct subspecies

  • Yellow-blossom (Epioblasma florentina florentina)
  • Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum
  • Tubercled-blossom pearly mussel (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2016-2)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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