Omphalotropis quittorensis Griffiths & Florens, 2004
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Distribution
Rodrigues, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: AMS C204755 ("adult")
Type locality: "Rodrigues, Caverne Bambara, east side of Anse Quittor reserve just north of eastern end of airport runway, Plaine Corail"
Paratypes:
AMS C204756 ("Four adult shells")
AMS C204757 ("six adult shells")
Media
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.
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