Renea bourguignatiana G. Nevill, 1880
Aiguillette de Menton
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing (Gargominy, 2026)
Last record: 1980's (Gargominy, 2026)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution & Habitat
France & Italy
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Nevill, G. (1880). On the land-shells, extinct and living, of the neighbourhood of Menton (Alpes Maritimes); with descriptions of a new genus and of several new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1880: 94-142, Pls. 13, 14.
Other references:
Bodon, M. and Boato, A. (1987). A living fossil from Western Liguria: Renea (Renea) bourguignatiana Nevill 1880 (Prosobranchia: Aciculidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 117(4-6): 151-157.
Boeters, H. D., Gittenberger, E. and Subai, P. (1989). Die Aciculidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Prosobranchia). Zoologische Verhandelingen 252: 1-234. [21 July]
Bouchet, P. (1994). Mollusques, pp. 151-155. In: Maurin, H. and Keith, P. (eds.). Inventaire de la faune menacée en France. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle / WWF / Nathan, Paris.
Gargominy, O. (2026). Renea bourguignatiana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026: e.T19426A220179621. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2026-1.RLTS.T19426A220179621.en. Accessed on 09 August 2026.
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Renea bourguignatiana G. Nevill, 1880. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=934008 on 2026-07-21
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.