Ferussacia martinae Groh & Henkel, 2019
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct (Groh & Henkel, 2019; Fernández-Palacios et al., 2025; MolluscaBase eds., 2025)
Last record: "probably upper Pleistocene" (Groh & Henkel, 2019)
Distribution & Habitat
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Macaronesia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Groh, Klaus and Henkel, Hubert. (2019). Description of a new Ferussacia from Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (Gastropoda, Pulmonata: Ferussaciidae). Conchylia 50(1-4): 117-124.
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)]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ferussacia martinae Groh & Henkel, 2019 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1420856 on 2025-09-22