The Indian Ocean snail Lirapex felix is classified as critically endangered due to mining activity.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by IUCN's official 2026 press release and corroborated by Mongabay, Mining.com, and Senckenberg press releases, with taxonomic identity verified via WoRMS/MolluscaBase.
Sources
- IUCN Warns Seabed Mining Threatens Rare Molluscs | MarineBio (marinebio.org)
- https://iucn.org/press-release/202607/desert-frog-deep-sea-molluscs-remarkable-species-risk-iucn-red-list (iucn.org)
- https://www.senckenberg.de/en/press-releases/62-of-hydrothermal-vent-molluscs-now-threatened-by-deep-sea-mining/ (senckenberg.de)
- https://www.mining.com/deep-sea-mining-threatens-60-of-vent-species-iucn/ (mining.com)
- https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/deep-sea-mining-identified-as-biggest-threat-to-known-and-unknown-deep-sea-creatures/ (news.mongabay.com)
- https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?id=1516353&p=taxdetails (marinespecies.org)