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Microstrophia abnormala Griffiths & Florens, 2004

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Missing

 

Distribution

Mauritius

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: AMS C204758 ("adult")

Type locality: "Mauritius, 900m west of Quinze Cantons, Vacoas"

 

Paratypes: AMS C204759 ("Four adult and subadult shells")

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Griffiths, Owen Lee and Florens, F. B. Vincent. (2004). Ten new species of Mascarene land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and their conservation status. Molluscan Research 24: 161-177.

 

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.

Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît and Bouchet, Philippe. (2009). Not Knowing, Not Recording, Not Listing: Numerous Unnoticed Mollusk Extinctions. Conservation Biology 23(5): 1214-1221.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/11228/microstrophia-abnormala

 

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