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Aylacostoma chloroticum

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Aylacostoma chloroticum
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A. chloroticum
Binomial name
Aylacostoma chloroticum
Hylton-Scot, 1953

Aylacostoma chloroticum is a species of freshwater snail, aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Thiaridae. This species is extinct in the wild and it was found in Argentina and Paraguay. The cause of its extinction in the wild is the building of the Yacyretá Dam on the Paraná River[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Mansur M. C. D. (2000). Aylacostoma chloroticum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.