Corseria corsica is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod micromollusc in the family Moitessieriidae.[3]

Corseria corsica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Moitessieriidae
Genus: Corseria
Boeters & Falkner, 2009
Species:
C. corsica
Binomial name
Corseria corsica
(Bernasconi, 1994)[2]
Synonyms
  • Moitessieria corsica Bernasconi, 1994 (original combination)
  • Spiralix corsica (R. Bernasconi, 1994)

This species is endemic to the island of Corsica, a department of France. The IUCN regards C. corsica as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) as it has not been observed for 16 years.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Prie, V (2010). "Corseria corsica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T13636A4280342. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T13636A4280342.en. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
  2. ^ "Corseria corsica". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
  3. ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Corseria corsica (Bernasconi, 1994). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=744625 on 2015-02-19
  • Bernasconi, R. (1994). Le genre Moitessieria Bgt, 1863 en France: Révision, inventaire et description de M. corsica n. sp. (Mollusca Gasteropoda Prosobranchia Hydrobiidae). Mémoires de Biospéologie. 21: 7-20