As of September 2016, the
International Union for Conservation of Nature
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
(IUCN) lists 1988
data deficient
A data deficient (DD) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as offering insufficient information for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made. This does not necessaril ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
species.
27% of all evaluated mollusc species are listed as data deficient.
The IUCN also lists 40 mollusc subspecies as data deficient.
No subpopulations of molluscs have been evaluated by the IUCN.
This is a complete list of data deficient mollusc species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN.
Gastropods
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. Ther ...
There are 1526 species and 37 subspecies of gastropod evaluated as data deficient.
Vetigastropoda
Vetigastropoda is a major Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic group of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc, mollusks that form a very ancient lineage (evolution), lineage. Taxonomically the Vetigastropoda are sometimes treated as an O ...
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Teinostoma fernandesi''
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Teinostoma funiculatum''
Stylommatophora
Stylommatophora is an orderPhilippe Bouchet, Jean-Pierre Rocroi, Bernhard Hausdorf, Andrzej Kaim, Yasunori Kano, Alexander Nützel, Pavel Parkhaev, Michael Schrödl and Ellen E. Strong. 2017. Revised Classification, Nomenclator and Typification ...
Stylommatophora includes the majority of land snails and slugs. There are 392 species and 32 subspecies in the order Stylommatophora evaluated as data deficient.
Partulids
Subulinids
Species
Subspecies
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Opeas nothapalinus crenatum
''Opeas'' is a genus of small, tropical, air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
''Opeas'' is the type genus of the subfamily Opeatinae.
Species
The genus ''Opeas'' includes the follo ...
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Pseudoglessula leroyi fasciata
''Pseudoglessula'' is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Pseudoglessula'' include:
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Achatinellids
Endodontids
Charopids
Helicarionids
Orthalicids
Euconulids
Rhytidids
Streptaxids
Species
Subspecies
Zonitids
Pupillids
Polygyrids
Species
Subspecies
Helminthoglyptids
Species
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Shasta sideband ''(Monadenia troglodytes)''
Subspecies
Camaenids
Lauriids
Vertiginids
Bradybaenids
Species
Subspecies
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Euhadra scaevola mikawa''
Helicids
Hygromiids
Enids
Other Stylommatophora
Species
Subspecies
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Idaho banded mountain snail ''(Oreohelix idahoensis idahoensis)''
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Carinated striate banded mountain snail ''(Oreohelix strigosa goniogyra)''
Littorinimorpha
Littorinimorpha is a large order of snails, gastropods, consisting primarily of sea snails ( marine species), but also including some freshwater snails ( aquatic species) and land snails (terrestrial species).Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frà ...
There are 565 species and one subspecies in the order Littorinimorpha evaluated as data deficient.
Strombids
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Ophioglossolambis violacea''
Pomatiids
Hydrobiids
Cochliopids
Bithyniids
Species
Subspecies
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Gabbiella humerosa tanganyicensis''
Moitessieriids
Assimineids
Pomatiopsids
Lithoglyphids
Amnicolids
Stenothyrids
Iravadiids
Truncatellids
Sorbeoconcha
Sorbeoconcha is a taxonomic clade of snails, i.e. gastropods, mainly marine species with gills and opercula, within the clade Caenogastropoda.
The taxon Sorbeoconcha was named by Winston Ponder and David R. Lindberg in 1997.
Taxonomy
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There are 97 species and one subspecies in the order Sorbeoconcha evaluated as data deficient.
Batillarids
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Batillaria mutata
''Batillaria mutata'' is a species of small mudflat saltwater snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Batillariidae, the horn snails.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ...
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Pleurocerids
Melanopsids
Semisulcospirids
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Oasis juga ''(Juga laurae)''
Thiarids
Pachychilids
Paludomids
Species
Subspecies
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Cleopatra bulimoides pauli''
Architaenioglossa
There are 106 species and one subspecies in the order Architaenioglossa evaluated as data deficient.
Neocyclotids
Cyclophorids
Species
Subspecies
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Chamalychaeus itonis nakashimai''
Pupinids
Diplommatinids
Aciculids
Viviparids
Ampullariids
Lower Heterobranchia
Lower Heterobranchia, also known as the Allogastropoda, is a group of rather specialized, highly evolved sea slugs and sea snails, ( marine gastropod mollusks) within the subclass Heterobranchia. WoRMS (2020). "Lower Heterobranchia". Accessed ...
species
Cycloneritimorpha
Cycloneritida (nerites and false-limpets) is an order of land snails, freshwater snails, and sea snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Cycloneritida. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/ap ...
There are 30 species and two subspecies in the order Cycloneritimorpha evaluated as data deficient.
Helicinids
Species
Subspecies
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Pleuropoma zigzac ponapense''
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Pleuropoma zigzac zigzac''
Hydrocenids
Neritids
Hygrophila species
There are 197 Hygrophila species evaluated as data deficient.
Physids
Acroloxids
Planorbids
Lymnaeids
Chilinids
Latiids
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Latia lateralis''
Neogastropoda
Neogastropoda is an order of sea snails, both freshwater and marine gastropod molluscs.
Description
The available fossil record of Neogastropoda is relatively complete, and supports a widely accepted evolutionary scenario of an Early Creta ...
There are 113 species in the order Neogastropoda evaluated as data deficient.
Turrids
Marginellids
Buccinids
Muricids
Conids
Eupulmonata
Eupulmonata is a taxonomic clade of air-breathing snails. The great majority of this group are land snails and slugs, but some are marine and some are saltmarsh snails that can tolerate salty conditions.
Linnean taxonomy
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Archaeopulmonata
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Salinator sanchezi''
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Salinator swatowensis''
Bivalvia
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of w ...
There are 171 species and three subspecies in the class Bivalvia evaluated as data deficient.
Pectinida
Pectinida is a taxonomic order of large and medium-sized saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, commonly known as scallops and their allies. It is believed that they began evolutionarily in the late Middle Ordovician epoch; many species, of ...
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Nodipecten magnificus
''Nodipecten magnificus'' is a species of bivalve in the family Pectinidae. It is endemic to Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuad ...
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Unionida
Unionida is a monophyletic order of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve molluscs.Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). ''Classification of Bivalve families''. pp. 113–133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), ''Nomenclator of Bivalve Fa ...
There are 95 species in the order Unionoida evaluated as data deficient.
Margaritiferids
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Margaritifera dahurica''
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Margaritifera laevis''
Unionids
Hyriids
Iridinids
Mycetopodids
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Anodontites elongatus''
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Anodontites trigonus''
Venerida
Venerida (formerly Veneroida) is an order of mostly saltwater but also some freshwater bivalve molluscs. This order includes many familiar groups such as many clams that are valued for food and a number of freshwater bivalves.
Since the 2000s, ...
There are 74 species and three subspecies in the order Veneroida evaluated as data deficient.
Dreissenids
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Dreissena iconica''
Sphaeriids
Species
Subspecies
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Musculium hartmanni naivashaens''
Cyrenids
Species
Subspecies
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Corbicula fluminalis cunningtoni''
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Corbicula fluminalis tanganyicensis''
Donacids
Solecurtids
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Novaculina siamensis''
Mytilida
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Sinomytilus morrisoni
''Sinomytilus'' is a genus of saltwater, brackish water and freshwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Septiferinae of the family Mytilidae, the mussels.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Sinomytilus Thiele, 1934. Accesse ...
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Cephalopods
A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class Cephalopoda (Greek plural , ; "head-feet") such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus. These exclusively marine animals are characterized by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, an ...
There are 291 cephalopod species evaluated as data deficient.
Idiosepiida
Octopuses
An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish ...
There are 34 octopus species evaluated as data deficient.
Umbrella octopuses
Argonautids
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Argonauta cornuta''
Cirroteuthids
Grimpoteuthis
''Grimpoteuthis'' is a genus of pelagic umbrella octopuses known as the dumbo octopuses. The name "dumbo" originates from their resemblance to the title character of Disney's 1941 film ''Dumbo'', having a prominent ear-like fin which extends from ...
species
Sepioloida
There are 142 species in Sepioloida evaluated as data deficient.
Sepiids
Sepiolids
Sepiadariids
Oegopsina
Oegopsida is one of the two orders of squid in the superorder Decapodiformes, in the class Cephalopoda. Together with the Myopsina, it was formerly considered to be a suborder of the order Teuthida, in which case it was known as Oegopsina. T ...
species
There are 104 Oegopsina species evaluated as data deficient.
Mastigoteuthidae
The Mastigoteuthidae, also known as whip-lash squid, are a family of small deep-sea squid. Approximately 20 known species in six genera are represented, with members found in both the mesopelagic and bathypelagic zone of most oceans. Originally d ...
Enoploteuthids
Hooked squids
Chiroteuthids
Cranchiids
Octopoteuthids
Other Oegopsina species
Bathyteuthida
See also
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Lists of IUCN Red List data deficient species
On 29 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 6,702 (5,913 Animalia (1 Annelida, 1,328 Arthropoda, 3,814 Chordata, 149 Cnidaria, 617 Mollusca, 3 Nemertina, 1 Onychophora), 780 Plantae, 9 Protista) data deficient sp ...
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List of least concern molluscs
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List of near threatened molluscs
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 535 near threatened mollusc species. 7.4% of all evaluated mollusc species are listed as near threatened.
The IUCN also lists nine mollusc subspecies as near ...
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List of vulnerable molluscs
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List of endangered molluscs
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 507 endangered mollusc species. 7.0% of all evaluated mollusc species are listed as endangered.
The IUCN also lists nine mollusc subspecies as endangered.
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List of critically endangered molluscs
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 581 critically endangered mollusc species, including 117 which are tagged as ''possibly extinct''. 8.0% of all evaluated mollusc species are listed as criti ...
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List of recently extinct molluscs
References
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