%0 Journal Article
%T Threatened freshwater and terrestrial molluscs (Mollusca, Gastropoda et Bivalvia) of Santa Catarina State, Southern Brazil: check list and evaluation of regional threats
%J Biodiversity Journal
%D 2011
%I Edizioni Danaus, Palermo
%X A total of nineteen continental native mollusc species are confirmed for the Santa Catarina State (SC)(organized in ten Genera and seven Families), one aquatic Prosobranchia/Caenogastropoda (Ampullariidae),six Pulmonata terrestrial gastropods (one Ellobiidae, three Megalobulimidae and two micro-snails ¨CCharopidae and Streptaxidae) and twelve freshwater mussels (eight Mycetopodidae and four Hyriidae). Thesespecies are designated by the International Union for Conservation of the Nature ¨C IUCN as follows: seven as"Vulnerable", six "In Danger" and six ¡°Without Category Established¡±. The general regional threats that thesespecies are subjected to are briefly analyzed.
%K Biodiversity
%K Continental mollusc fauna
%K Threatened species
%K Santa Catarina State
%K Southern Brazil region
%U http://www.biodiversityjournal.com/pdf/2_59-66.pdf