Ohridohauffenia drimica

Ohridohauffenia drimica was a species of very small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, the river snails. This species is now extinct.

Ohridohauffenia drimica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Hydrobiidae
Genus:
Ohridohauffenia
Species:
†O. drimica
Binomial name
†Ohridohauffenia drimica
(Radoman, 1964)

Distribution & Extinction

This river snail was endemic to sediments within springs feeding the Drim River in North Macedonia, Europe. It was last seen in 1983, after which surveys failed to find this species in its original habitat when the Drim was drained of much of its water.

References
  1. Hauffe, T.; Albrecht, C.; Schreiber, K. & Seddon, M.B. (2010). "Ohridohauffenia drimica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e. Retrieved 10 November 2017.{{cite iucn}}: error: malformed |page= identifier (help)


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