Heteropoma glabratum

Heteropoma glabratum is a species of minute, salt marsh snails with an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks, or micromollusks, in the family Assimineidae. This species is endemic to Guam.

References

 Mollusc Specialist Group 1996.  Heteropoma glabratum.   2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.   Downloaded on 7 August 2007.

Category:Assimineidae
Category:Fauna of Guam
Category:Gastropods described in 1894
Category:Taxonomy articles created by PolbotUyghurs in China complain of severe repression and discrimination (file photo) (epa)
An Uyghur political dissident from China, Huseyin Celil, remains in detention in Uzbekistan. Celil -- who is now a Canadian citizen -- was arrested in March in Tashkent at the request of Chinese authorities. Human rights groups fear that Celil might face torture and even death if extradited to China. Meanwhile, two more Uyghur men have been in detention in neighboring Kazakhstan. Observers say Uyghurs are victims of cooperation between the autocratic states in Central Asia and China.

PRAGUE, April 28, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Thirty-seven-year old Huseyin Celil, an ethnic Uyghur originally from northwestern China, was detained in Tashkent on March 27.

Celil was with his wife and three children visiting his in-laws in Tashkent. He was detained while