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

Endangered

Margarya mansuyi

Margarya mansuyi

Margarya mansuyi is a gastropod in the family Viviparidae (order Architaenioglossa), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Margarya mansuyi
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Architaenioglossa · Viviparidae · Anularya

The gastropod

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

No country pin is stored for Margarya mansuyi on this catalog. That is a missing field, not proof the animal has no range.

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

The species is threatened with extinction.

Margarya mansuyi 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 Bulgarian Wikipedia article on Margarya mansuyi, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q5473186. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Margarya monodi (Margarya monodi), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Margarya monodi

Margarya monodi
Photograph of Margarya bicostata (Margarya bicostata), recorded as EndangeredEN

Margarya bicostata

Margarya bicostata
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus
Photograph of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Javan rhinoceros

Rhinoceros sondaicus

Quick answers

What is Margarya mansuyi?
Margarya mansuyi is a gastropod in the family Viviparidae (order Architaenioglossa).
What is the conservation status of Margarya mansuyi?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Margarya mansuyi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Margarya mansuyi live?
Margarya mansuyi is a gastropod in the family Viviparidae.
Why is Margarya mansuyi in crisis?
The species is threatened with extinction.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Margarya mansuyi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Margarya mansuyi a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.