Belgrandia moitessieri (Bourguignat, 1866)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hydrobia moitessieri Bourguignat, 1866
Conservation Status
Missing (Prié, 2010, 2026)
Last record: 1870's (Prié, 2026); 2017 (unconfirmed) (Prié, 2026)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
France
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bourguignat, J.-R. (1863-1868). Mollusques nouveaux, litigieux ou peu connus. Tome 1 (= "Première centurie (Mars 1863 à Décembre 1868)"). Paris: F. Savy. 324 pp., pls 1-45. [6: 171-198, pls 29-31 [> 1.I.1866]; 7: 199-221, pls 32-34 [> 1.II.1866]]
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.
Cuttelod, A., Seddon, M. and Neubert, E. (2011). European Red List of Non-marine Molluscs. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg.
Glöer, P. (2022). The freshwater gastropods of the West Palaearctis. Identification key, Anatomy, Ecology, Distribution. III. Hydrobiidae. 528 pp. [Hetlingen].
Haase, M. (2000). A revision of the genus Belgrandia, with the description of a new species from France (Caenogastropoda: Hydrobiidae). Malacologia 42(1): 171-201.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Belgrandia moitessieri (Bourguignat, 1866). Accessed at: http://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001562 on 2026-07-19
Prié, V. (2010). Belgrandia moitessieri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 January 2015.
Prié, V. (2026). Belgrandia moitessieri. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T155705A222388295. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2026-1.RLTS.T155705A222388295.en. Accessed on 09 August 2026.
Régnier, C., Prié, V., Bernard, Y., Bichain, J.-M., Combrisson, D., Cucherat, X., Gargominy, O., Lecaplain, B., Léonard, L., Naudon, D., Roy, C., Ryelandt, J., Baraud, L., Jeusset, A., Kirchner, F. and Gigot, G. (2021). La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France – Chapitre Mollusques continentaux de France métropolitaine – Résultats d'évaluation. UICN Comité français, OFB and MNHN.