Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Boettgeria crispa (Boettgeria crispa), recorded as Endangered
Boettgeria crispa (Boettgeria crispa). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Boettgeria crispa

Boettgeria crispa

Boettgeria crispa is a land snail in the family Clausiliidae (order Stylommatophora), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Boettgeria crispa
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Stylommatophora · Clausiliidae · Boettgeria

The land snail

These are the familiar land snails and slugs: air-breathing gastropods with a lung, not a gill.

Gastropods are snails and slugs. The animal is the soft body; the shell, when present, is grown, not worn like a stone.

Range and habitat

This species is endemic to Portugal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Snails move on a single foot and feed with a rasping tongue. Island and spring species rarely recolonise once the site is emptied.

In crisis

Boettgeria crispa is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Boettgeria crispa — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q2566391. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Boettgeria crispa?
Boettgeria crispa is a land snail in the family Clausiliidae (order Stylommatophora).
What is the conservation status of Boettgeria crispa?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Boettgeria crispa. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Boettgeria crispa live?
Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
Why is Boettgeria crispa in crisis?
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Boettgeria crispa?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Boettgeria crispa a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.