Melanopsis brevicula is a small species of gastropod endemic to small streams near Agourai, Morocco. It is distinctive due to its minute size, flattened sculpture, low spire, and small aperture. It is known from a single location 10 km2 in area (Oued Ain Maarouf)[2] which has been well surveyed, and found to be threatened by increasing human population, droughts of increasing extremity, water diversion, and pastoralization. Shell collecting presents a minor threat to populations. The species has been classified as Critically endangered by the IUCN.[1]
| Melanopsis brevicula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Melanopsidae |
| Genus: | Melanopsis |
| Species: | M. brevicula
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanopsis brevicula Pallary, 1918
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References edit
- ^ a b Van Damme, D.; Ghamizi, M. (2010). "Melanopsis brevicula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. IUCN: e.T184488A8280376. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T184488A8280376.en.
- ^ "Melanopsis brevicula Pallary, 1918". www.gbif.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-06.