Lauopa mbalavuana Solem, 1983
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1860's
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
Distribution
Vanua Balavu island, Fiji
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Solem, Alan. (1983). Endodontoid land snails from Pacific islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part II. Families Punctidae and Charopidae. Zoogeography. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
Other references:
Barker, G. (2012). Lauopa mbalavuana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012: e.T195542A2385595. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T195542A2385595.en. Downloaded on 26 December 2015.
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Raut, S. K. and Barker, G. M. (2002). Achatina fulica Bowdich and other achatinidae in tropical agriculture, pp. 55-114. In: Barker, G.M. (ed.). Molluscs as Crop Pests. CABI Publishing, Wallingford.
Ward, D. F. and Wetterer, J. K. (2006). Checklist of the ants of Fiji (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), pp. 23-47. In: Evenhuis, N. L. and Bickel, D. J. (eds). Fiji Arthropods. Bernice P. Bishop Museum.