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

Endangered

Renea gormonti

Renea gormonti

Renea gormonti is a gastropod in the family Aciculidae (order Architaenioglossa), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Renea gormonti
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Architaenioglossa · Aciculidae · Renea

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

This species occurs in the Alpes-Maritimes, France. This species is endemic to France.

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

Renea gormonti 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 Renea gormonti — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q5223018. 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 Renea gormonti?
Renea gormonti is a gastropod in the family Aciculidae (order Architaenioglossa).
What is the conservation status of Renea gormonti?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Renea gormonti. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Renea gormonti live?
This species occurs in the Alpes-Maritimes, France.
Why is Renea gormonti in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Renea gormonti?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Renea gormonti a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.