Platyla foliniana (G. Nevill, 1879)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Acme foliniana G. Nevill, 1879; Acme foliniana var. emaciata G. Nevill, 1879; Acme foliniana var. pachystoma G. Nevill, 1879
Conservation Status
Missing (Gargominy, 2026)
Last record: never recorded live (Gargominy, 2026)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
Alpes-Maritimes, France
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Nevill, G. (1879). Description of a new species of Acme and varieties from the conclomerate beds at Menton. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 5, 4: 341-342.
Other references:
Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Bodon, M. and Cianfanelli, S. (2008). Una nuova specie di Platyla per il sud Italia (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Aciculidae). Bollettino Malacologico. 44 (1-4): 27-37.
Boeters, H. D., Gittenberger, E. and Subai, P. (1989). Die Aciculidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Zoologische Verhandelingen 252: 1-234. [21 July]
Bouchet, P. and Seddon, M. B. (2000). Platyla foliniana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2000: e.T17512A7099324. Accessed on 10 August 2026.
Gargominy, O. (2011). Platyla foliniana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T17512A7099380. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T17512A7099380.en. Accessed on 10 August 2026.
Gargominy, O. (2026). Platyla foliniana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T17512A220189067. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2026-1.RLTS.T17512A220189067.en. Accessed on 08 August 2026.
Groombridge, B. (ed.). (1994). 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Hilton-Taylor, C. (2000). 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN. (1990). IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Platyla foliniana (G. Nevill, 1879). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1001416 on 2026-07-23
UICN Comité français, OFB and MNHN. (2021). La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France. Mollusques continentaux de France métropolitaine. Comité français de l’Union internationale pour la conservation de la nature (UICN Français), Office français de la biodiversité (OFB) and Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris.