extinct invertebrates

List of recently extinct invertebrates

English or local nameScientific nameRangeLast seen
(Pseudoscorpion)Neobisium crassifemoratumLithuania??
(Scorpion)Akrav israchananiIsraelBetween 1960 and 1991
(Tick)Ixodes nitensChristmas Island, Australia1903
Budd’s Oahu tree-snailAchatinella buddiiOahu (Hawaii)Around 1900
Giant Brazilian earthwormRhinodrilus fafnerBrazil1912
Caribbean monk seal nasal miteHalarachne americanaCaribbean1952
Lake Pedder earthwormHypolimnus pedderensisTasmaniaAfter 1972
Cascade funnelweb spiderHadronyche pulvinatorTasmania1926
Namibian candonid crustaceanNamibcypris costataNamibia (Africa)1996 ?
Pasadena freshwater shrimpSyncaris pasadenaeCalifornia (USA)1933
(Land snail)Plegma dupontiMauritius19th century
(Land snail)Tropidophora carinataRéunion, Mauritius1881
Passenger pigeon miteDiplaegidia gladiatorCanada1914
(Orb-weaving spider)Araneus hortensisMadeira1859
(Centipede)Mecistocephalus cyclopsSeychelles1892
Lion’s Hill velvet wormPeripatopsis leoninaSouth Africa1900
Alachua fairy shrimpBranchinella alachuaFlorida (USA)1947
Brauer’s spiky harvestmanCentrobunus braueriMahé, Seychelles1894
Gardiner’s giant miteDicrogonatus gardineriMahé, Seychelles1909
(Harvestman)Hirstienus nanusSeychelles1908
(Harvestman)Metazalmoxis ferrugineaMahé, Seychelles1892
Spiny harvestmanPeromona erinaceaSeychelles1892
(Harvestman)Sitalcicus gardineriMahé, Seychelles1908
Huntsman spider)Stipax trianguliferMahé, Seychelles1898
Huntsman spider)Thomasettia seychellanaSeychelles1911
(Millipede)Eucarlia alluaudiMarianne, Seychelles1892
(Millipede)Spirobolellus praslinusPraslin, Seychelles1902
(Millipede)Orthomorpha crinitaMahé, Seychelles1894
(Copepod)Afrocyclops paulianiMadagascar1951
(Copepod)Tropodiaptomus ctenopusMadagascarnach 1930 ?
Sooty crayfishPacifastacus nigrescensCalifornia (USA)1900
Sandhills crayfishProcambarus angustatusGeorgia (USA)1856
Rubious Cave amphipodStygobromus lucifugusIllinois (USA)?
Huntsman spider)Pleorotus braueri Mahé, Seychelles1894
Shelta Cave crayfishOrconectes sheltaeAlabama (USA)Rediscovered in 2019
Flat pigtoe musselPleurobema marshalliAlabama, Mississippi (USA)1980
Green-blossom pearly musselEpioblasma torulosa gubernaculumTennessee River (USA)1982
Tubercled-blossom pearly musselEpioblasma torulosa torulosaUSA1969
Southern Acornshell musselEpioblasma othcaloogensisCoosa & Cahaba River (USA)1974
Stirrupshell musselTheliderma stapesAlabama, Mississippi (USA)1987
Turgid-blossom pearly musselEpioblasma turgidulaCumberland & Tennessee River (USA)1965
Upland combshell musselEpioblasma metastriataMobile River Basin (USA)1988
Yellow-blossom pearly musselEpioblasma florentina florentinaCumberland & Tennessee River (USA)1967
Beaverpond marstoniaMarstonia castorGeorgia (USA)2000
(Land snail)Pseudopomatias lyuiIndia ??
(Land snail)Pseudopomatias zhuoiIndia ??
(Land snail)Pseudopomatias shanensisMyanmar1895
(Land snail)Pseudopomatias reischuetziIndia1903
(Land snail)Pseudopomatias harliIndiaEarly 20th century ?
Payden’s isopodExosphaeroma paydenaeAlaska, Aleutian Islands1873
(Cirrina)Stauroteuthis albatrossiNorthwest Pacific1906
(Feather mite)Chiasmalges carolinensisNorth America1927
Big black rocksnail Lithasia hubrichtiMississippi (USA)Rediscovered in 2022
Yellow-tipped Oahu tree snailAchatinella apexfulvaOahu (Hawaii)2019
Decorated Oahu tree snailAchatinella decoraOahu (Hawaii)Around 1900
(Tree snail)Achatinella validaOahu (Hawaii)1951
Abbreviated Oahu tree snailAchatinella abbreviataOahu (Hawaii)1963
Elegant Oahu tree snailAchatinella elegansOahu (Hawaii)1952
(Tree snail)Achatinella castaOahu (Hawaii)?
(Tree snail)Achatinella caesiaOahu (Hawaii)Around 1900
Two-morphed Oahu tree snailAchatinella dimorphaOahu (Hawaii)1967
Judd’s Oahu tree snailAchatinella juddiiOahu (Hawaii)1958
(Tree snail)Achatinella junceaOahu (Hawaii)1951
(Tree snail)Achatinella lehuiensisOahu (Hawaii)1922 or 1936
(Tree snail)Achatinella papyraceaOahu (Hawaii)Before 1945
Spalding’s Oahu tree snailAchatinella spaldingiOahu (Hawaii)1938
Thaanum’s Oahu tree snailAchatinella thaanumiOahu (Hawaii)Around 1900
Fagilde’s trapdoor spiderNemesia berlandiPortugal (North)Rediscovered in 2023
(Freshwater snail)Aylacostoma stigmaticumArgentina, Paraguay?
(Freshwater snail)Aylacostoma guaraniticumArgentina, Paraguay?
(Freshwater prawn)Macrobrachium purpureamanusKundur (Indonesia)1998 ?
(Scorpion)Belisarius ibericusIberian Peninsula1952 ?
(Scorpion)Tityus exstinctusMartinique1884
(Freshwater crab)Potamonautes bipartitusUganda1892
Kunene River crabPotamonautes dubiusAngola, Namibia1890
(Hydrozoa)Craspedacusta iseanaJapan1921
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