Islamia trichoniana is a species of small freshwater snail with a gill and an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae.[1][2][3]
Geographic distribution
I. trichoniana is endemic to Greece, where it is restricted to Lake Trichonida, an ancient, deep, oligotrophic lake[4] in the south Adriatic-Ionian region of the country.[1]
Conservation status
This species is currently classified by the IUCN as critically endangered and possibly extinct. While it was once found throughout Lake Trichonida, it is currently known from only one location on the northeast shore of the lake. It is threatened by habitat destruction, as intensive agricultural practices in the neighbouring area lead to water pollution and eutrophication of the lake and the excessive abstraction of water for irrigation purposes causes a drop in water level.[1][5][6]
See also
References
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^ a b c d Hauffe, T.; Albrecht, C.; Schreiber, K. (2011). "Islamia trichoniana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T155523A4792366. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T155523A4792366.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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^ "Taxon Details: Islamia trichoniana Radoman, 1979". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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^ "Islamia trichoniana Radoman, 1979". European Environment Agency. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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^ Albrecht, C.; Hauffe, T.; Schreiber, K.; Trajanovski, S. & Wilke, T. (2009). "Mollusc Biodiversity and Endemism in the Potential Ancient Lake Trichonis, Greece". Malacologia. 51 (2): 357–375. doi:10.4002/040.051.0209. S2CID 85164489.
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^ Albrecht, C.; Lohfink, D. & Schultheiß, R. (2006). Cowie, R. (ed.). "Dramatic decline and loss of mollusc diversity in long-lived lakes in Greece" (PDF). Tentacle. University of Hawaii. 14: 11–13.
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^ Reischütz, A.; Reischütz, P. L. (2003). "Helleniká pantoía, 5: Zur Kentniss der Molluskenfauna des Limni Trichonida und des Limni Lisimachia (Aitolien/Akarnanien, Griechenland)" (PDF). Nachrichtenblatt der Ersten Malakologischen Gesellschaft Vorarlbergs (in German). Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum. 11: 28–30.
