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Pseudolibera extincta Sartori, Gargominy & Fontaine, 2014:50

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Extinct

 

Distribution

Makatea (=Mangaia-te-vai-tamae), Tuamotu Archipelago (=Tuamotus) (western), French Polynesia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: MNHN 25592

Type locality: "Road descending to Temao, Makatea (15.82593°S; 148.27534°W). Lower side of the road below rocks. Limestone, alt. 10 m; station Mk16." (Sartori et al. 2014:50)

 

Paratypes: MNHN 25593 (n=8 shells)

 

Other material:

Sartori et al. (2014:50) reported 21 non-type specimens.

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Sartori, André F., Gargominy, Olivier and Fontaine, Benoît. (2014). Radiation and decline of endodontid land snails in Makatea, French Polynesia. Zootaxa 3772(1): 1-68.

 

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.

https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19601/pseudolibera-extincta

 

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