Partula diminuta C.B Adams, 1851
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct?
Last record: 1970's (Gerlach, 2016)
Distribution
Pirae Valley, Tahiti
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Adams. C.B. 1851. Descriptions of New Species of Partula and Achatinella. Contrib. Conchol. 8: 125-128 [reprinted in Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist. NY 5: 41-44]
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.
Gerlach, Justin. (2016). Icons of Evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails, family Partulidae. Cambridge, U.K.: Phelsuma Press. [Description of new species] [List of synonyms]
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