Kleokyphus hypsus Solem, 1976
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Distribution
Makatea (=Mangaia-te-vai-tamae), Tuamotu Archipelago (=Tuamotus) (western), French Polynesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: MNHN 25571
Type locality: Tuamotu Islands: Makatea.
Additional material:
MNHN 25572 (n=325 shells)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Solem, Alan. (1976). Endodontoid Land Snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part 1. Family Endodontidae. Chicago, Illinois: Field Museum of Natural History. 508 pp.
Other references:
Cowie, Robert H., Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît, and Bouchet, Philippe. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41.
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