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. [tier=gold indep_score=0.87 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable | framework convergence=single on IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2026-1 update, based on assessments coordinated by the IUCN SSC Mollusc Specialist Group (upstreams: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (2026 update), IUCN SSC Mollusc Specialist Group assessment) — publishers independent, evidence may not be | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- IUCN Warns Seabed Mining Threatens Rare Molluscs | MarineBio (seed:animals_and_wildlife)
- https://iucn.org/press-release/202607/desert-frog-deep-sea-molluscs-remarkable-species-risk-iucn-red-list (corroboration)
- https://www.senckenberg.de/en/press-releases/62-of-hydrothermal-vent-molluscs-now-threatened-by-deep-sea-mining/ (corroboration)
- https://www.mining.com/deep-sea-mining-threatens-60-of-vent-species-iucn/ (corroboration)
- https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/07/deep-sea-mining-identified-as-biggest-threat-to-known-and-unknown-deep-sea-creatures/ (corroboration)
- https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?id=1516353&p=taxdetails (corroboration)