Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Black Nerite (Theodoxus prevostianus), recorded as Endangered
Black Nerite (Theodoxus prevostianus). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Black Nerite

Theodoxus prevostianus

Black Nerite is a gastropod in the family Neritidae (order Cycloneritida) — Theodoxus prevostianus, recorded as Endangered and tied to Austria, Hungary, and United Kingdom.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Theodoxus prevostianus
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Cycloneritida · Neritidae · Theodoxus

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

Black Nerite is recorded from Austria, Hungary, United Kingdom, Romania, Croatia, and Algeria.

GBIF currently lists 296 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

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

Black Nerite 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 Theodoxus prevostianus — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q998228 and GBIF occurrence geography. 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.

Same genus

Photograph of Theodoxus altenai (Theodoxus altenai), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Theodoxus altenai

Theodoxus altenai
Photograph of Theodoxus baeticus (Theodoxus baeticus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Theodoxus baeticus

Theodoxus baeticus
Photograph of Striped nerite (Theodoxus transversalis), recorded as EndangeredEN

Striped nerite

Theodoxus transversalis
Photograph of Vaquita (Phocoena sinus), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Vaquita

Phocoena sinus

Quick answers

What is Black Nerite?
Black Nerite is a gastropod in the family Neritidae (order Cycloneritida) — Theodoxus prevostianus.
What is the conservation status of Black Nerite?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Theodoxus prevostianus. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Black Nerite live?
Black Nerite is a small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Why is Black Nerite in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Theodoxus prevostianus?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Black Nerite a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.