Omphalotropis plicosa is a species of minute salt marsh snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk, or micromollusk, in the family Assimineidae. This species is endemic to Mauritius.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Assimineidae |
| Genus: | Omphalotropis |
| Species: | †O. plicosa
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| †Omphalotropis plicosa (Pfeiffer, 1852)
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It was thought to be extinct and it was listed as extinct in the 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]
Living population have been found in 2002.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Griffiths, O. (1996). "Omphalotropis plicosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15297A4511585. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15297A4511585.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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