Ancylus milleri Dohrn, 1869:18
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Considered a taxon inquirendum by (MolluscaBase eds., 2025).
Conservation Status
Rediscovered [by implication] if valid
Considered Extinct by (Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025), but it was recorded alive in the late 1990's (Rosa et al., 1999 fide Groh, 2012).
Distribution & Habitat
Santiago, Cape Verde Islands, Macaronesia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Dohrn H. (1869). Die Binnenconchylien der Capverdischen Inseln. Malakozoologische Blatter. 16: 1-29.
Other references:
Fernández-Palacios, José María, Fructuoso, Melania, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, de Nascimento, Lea, Fernández-Palacios, Enrique, Patiño, Jairo, Otto, Rüdiger, Castilla-Beltrán, Álvaro, González, Esther Martín, Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Whittaker, Robert J. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus 4(8): pgaf215. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf215 [Supplementary data (.docx)]
Groh, Klaus. (2012). Bibliography of the land and freshwater molluscs of the Cape Verde Islands, with a historical synopsis of malacological exploration in the archipelago and an annotated check-list. Zoologia Caboverdiana 3(1): 37-51.
Hubendick, B. (1970). Studies on Ancylidae. The Palearctic and Oriental species and formgroups. Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis, Zoologia, 5: 1-52.
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancylus milleri Dohrn, 1869. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1718676 on 2025-09-12
Rosa, F., Simões, M. and Lagos Costa, F. (1999). Distribuição geográfica dos moluscos dulçaquícolas na ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde). Dados preliminares. Garcia de Orta, Série Zoologia 23(1): 193-201.