Beddomeia tumida explained

Beddomeia tumida is a species of very small (4) 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.^[1]

See also

• List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

External links

• Web site: Species Beddomeia tumida Petterd, 1889. 30 January 2012. Australian Faunal Directory. 22 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140728212731/http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/Beddomeia%20tumida. 28 July 2014. dead.
• Web site: Beddomeia tumida Petterd, 1889. Atlas of Living Australia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Burgess . Georgie . Tiny snail thought to be extict found accidentally in Tasmania's yingina/Great Lake . ABC News . . 30 April 2022 . 30 April 2022.