Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States

@article{Johnson2013ConservationSO,
  title={Conservation Status of Freshwater Gastropods of Canada and the United States},
  author={Paul D. Johnson and Arthur E. Bogan and Kenneth M. Brown and Noel M. Burkhead and James R. Cordeiro and Jeffrey T. Garner and Paul D. Hartfield and Dwayne A. W. Lepitzki and Gerald L. Mackie and Eva Pip and Thomas A. Tarpley and Jeremy S. Tiemann and Nathan V. Whelan and Ellen E. Strong},
  journal={Fisheries},
  year={2013},
  volume={38},
  pages={247-282}
}
ABSTRACT This is the first American Fisheries Society conservation assessment of freshwater gastropods (snails) from Canada and the United States by the Gastropod Subcommittee (Endangered Species Committee). This review covers 703 species representing 16 families and 93 genera, of which 67 species are considered extinct, or possibly extinct, 278 are endangered, 102 are threatened, 73 are vulnerable, 157 are currently stable, and 26 species have uncertain taxonomic status. Of the entire fauna… 
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