Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Hydrobiidae Scientific name Falniowskia neglectissima | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Truncatelloidea Genus Falniowskia Rank Species | |
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Similar Acicula parcelineata, Truncatellina claustralis, Pupilla alpicola, Borysthenia naticina, Sphaerium solidum | ||
Falniowskia neglectissima is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae, the snouted freshwater snails.
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Distribution
F. neglectissima occurs in Southern Poland and Ukraine.
Habitat
F. neglectissima inhabits freshwater springs.
Conservation status
F. neglectissima was originally assessed as Near Threatened (LR/nt) for the 1996 IUCN Red List, as it is restricted to springs in a small geographical area. However, individuals have not been found since 1988 and it is currently considered data deficient; it is listed as critically endangered in the Polish Red Data Book of Animals.
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