Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Ventsia tricarinata (Ventsia tricarinata), recorded as Critically Endangered
Ventsia tricarinata (Ventsia tricarinata). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Critically Endangered

Ventsia tricarinata

Ventsia tricarinata

Ventsia tricarinata is a gastropod in the family Seguenzioidea (order Seguenziida), recorded as Critically Endangered.

Status
Critically Endangered
Scientific name
Ventsia tricarinata
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Seguenziida · Seguenzioidea · Ventsia

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 marine species occurs at a hydrothermal vent at the Lau Basin also off Fiji.

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

Ventsia tricarinata is Critically 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 Ventsia tricarinata — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q14513350. 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 Ventsia tricarinata?
Ventsia tricarinata is a gastropod in the family Seguenzioidea (order Seguenziida).
What is the conservation status of Ventsia tricarinata?
Critically Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Ventsia tricarinata. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Ventsia tricarinata live?
This marine species occurs at a hydrothermal vent at the Lau Basin also off Fiji.
Why is Ventsia tricarinata in crisis?
It is Critically Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Ventsia tricarinata?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Ventsia tricarinata a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.