Hauffenia lucidula explained

Hauffenia lucidula (also known as Horatia lucidula) is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the family Hydrobiidae. ^[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Bulgaria, where it is known from one locality in South Dobrudza on the coast of the Black Sea. According to Bodon (pers. comm. 2009), this species has not been found since 1960, and therefore the current status is uncertain.^[2]

References

• Angelov, A. (1967). Horatia (Hauffenia) lucidulus n. sp., ein neuer Vertreter der Molluskenfauna Bulgariens Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 96(3/6): 145-148
• Georgiev D. (2013) Catalogue of the stygobiotic and troglophilous freshwater snails (Gastropoda: Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae) of Bulgaria with descriptions of five new species. Ruthenica 23(1): 59-67.

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Hauffenia lucidula (Angelov, 1967). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724382 on 2023-06-14
2. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/155497/0 IUCN Red List info