Beddomeia tumida

Species of gastropod

Beddomeia tumida

Conservation status

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Littorinimorpha
Family:  | Tateidae
Genus:  | Beddomeia
Species:  |

B. tumida

Binomial name
Beddomeia tumida

Petterd, 1889

Beddomeia tumida is a species of very small (4 4 mm (0.16 in)[2]) freshwater snail that has a gill and an operculum. It is an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusc in the family Hydrobiidae, and is endemic to Australia.[1]

It had not been spotted for 120 years and was listed by the IUCN as "critically endangered but possibly extinct", when in late 2021 one was found by researchers in yingina/Great Lake in the Central Plateau of Tasmania. A survey found 15 further snails.[2]

## See also

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* List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

## References

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1. ^ a b Clark, S. (2011). "Beddomeia tumida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T2713A9470828. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T2713A9470828.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
2. ^ a b Burgess, Georgie (30 April 2022). "Tiny snail thought to be extict found accidentally in Tasmania's yingina/Great Lake". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

## External links

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* "Species Beddomeia tumida Petterd, 1889". Australian Faunal Directory. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
* "Beddomeia tumida Petterd, 1889". Atlas of Living Australia.

Taxon identifiers

Beddomeia tumida|

* Wikidata: Q308637
* AFD: Beddomeia_tumida
* GBIF: 4608833
* iNaturalist: 95595
* IRMNG: 11357844
* IUCN: 2713
* Open Tree of Life: 2892805
* WoRMS: 1298814

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