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Melanopsis brevicula

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Melanopsis brevicula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Melanopsidae
Genus: Melanopsis
Species:
M. brevicula
Binomial name
Melanopsis brevicula
Pallary, 1918

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]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Melanopsis brevicula Pallary, 1918". www.gbif.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2019-06-06.