Mandarina luhuana Sowerby, 1839:143
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Helix luhuana Sowerby, 1839:143; Nanina ruschenbergeri Pilsbry, 1890:186; Euhadra luhuana (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1600's (Chiba, 2023)
Distribution
Minamijima, Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Gray, J. E. & Sowerby, G. B. I. (1839). Molluscous animals and their shells, pp. 103-155, pls 33-34 [pp. 103-142 by J. E. Gray, 143-155 by G. B. Sowerby I]. In: The zoology of Capt. Beechey's voyage, compiled from the collections on notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's straits in his Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28. London pp. XII + 186 + 44 pl.
Other references:
Chiba, Satoshi. (1989). Taxonomy and morphologic diversity of Mandarina (Pulmonata) in the Bonin Islands. Transactions and Proceedings of the Palaeontological Society of Japan, New Series 155: 218-251. [1500 ± 60 yrBP]
Chiba, Satoshi. (2023). Did Captain Beechey see a living Mandarina luhuana, an extinct land snail species? Journal of Molluscan Studies 89(4): eyad018. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyad018
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.
Habe, Tadashige. (1973). Fossil land snails from Minami-jima, Bonin Islands. Tohoku Univ., Sci. Rep., 2nd ser. (Geol.), Special Volume, no. 6: 51-53.
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Euhadra luhuana (G. B. Sowerby I, 1839). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1332354 on 2023-10-07
Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît and Bouchet, Philippe. (2009). Not Knowing, Not Recording, Not Listing: Numerous Unnoticed Mollusk Extinctions. Conservation Biology 23(5): 1214-1221.
Sarashina, Isao. (2008). Preservation of the shell matrix protein dermatopontin in 1500 year old land snail fossils from the Bonin Islands. Organic Geochemistry 39: 1742-1746.