Aylacostoma guaraniticum is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Hemisinidae. This species disappeared after the building of the Yacyretá Dam on the Paraná River, in between Argentina and Paraguay.[1] Although listed as extinct in the wild by the IUCN, no captive population survives meaning that it now is entirely extinct.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Hemisinidae |
| Genus: | Aylacostoma |
| Species: | A. guaraniticum
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| Binomial name | |
| Aylacostoma guaraniticum Hylton-Scot, 1953
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References
edit- ^ a b Mansur, M.C.D.; et al. (Mollusc Specialist Group) (2000). "Aylacostoma guaraniticum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2000: e.T29611A9504659. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T29611A9504659.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Vogler (2013). The Radula of the Extinct Freshwater Snail Aylacostoma stigmaticum (Caenofastropoda: Thiaridae) from Argentina and Paraguay. Malacologia 56 (1-2): 329-332.
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