Pisidium betafoense Kuiper, 1953

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

"Possibly, belongs to another genus of Sphaeriidae"

(MolluscaBase eds., 2025)

Conservation Status

Missing (Van Damme, 2016; Cowie et al., 2017)

Last record: 1949 (Van Damme, 2016)

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution & Habitat

Betafo, Madagascar (central)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Kuiper, J.-G.-J. (1953). Description de trois nouvelles espèces de Pisidium de Madagascar. Journal de Conchyliologie 93: 26-32.

Other references:

Cowie, Robert H., Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît, and Bouchet, Philippe. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41.

Daget J. (1998). Catalogue raisonné des mollusques bivalves d'eau douce africains. Leiden: Backhuys / Paris: Editions de l'ORSTOM. 329 pp.

Fischer-Piette, E. and Vukadinovic, D. (1973). Sur les mollusques fluviatiles de Madagascar. Malacologia 12(2): 339-378.

Kuiper, J.-G.-J. (1966). Les espèces africaines du genre Pisidium, leur synonymie et leur distribution (Mollusca, Lamellibranchiata, Sphaeriidae). Annales Musee Royal de l’Afrique Centrale 151: 1-78.

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pisidium betafoense Kuiper, 1953. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1338536 on 2025-07-01

Van Damme, D. (2016). Pisidium betafoense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T91293564A91293568. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T91293564A91293568.en. Downloaded on 03 March 2018.

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