| Beddomeia tumida | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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)) 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.
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.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- "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.
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| Beddomeia tumida | |
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