Pisidium betafoense Kuiper, 1953

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1949

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)

Distribution

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.

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

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

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