Erepta thiriouxi (Germain, 1918)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Stylodonta thiriouxi Germain, 1918 (original combination); Microstylodonta thiriouxi (Germain, 1918)
Conservation Status
Extinct (Régnier et al., 2009; Cowie et al., 2017)
Distribution
Mauritius, Mascarene Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Germain, L. (1918). Contributions à la Faune Malacologique de Madagascar. VI. Sur la classification de quelques mollusques pulmonés des iles Mascareignes et description d'espèces novelles de cet archipel. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 24: 516-524.
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.
Eldridge, Niles. (1998). Life in the Balance: Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Erepta thiriouxi (Germain, 1918). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1289484 on 2022-03-23
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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