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Gudeoconcha sophiae magnifica (Iredale, 1944)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Gudeoconcha magnifica Iredale, 1944:327 (protonym)

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 21 November 2002 (Hyman & Ponder, 2016:95)

Rediscovered in 2022

 

Distribution

Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

Holotype: AM C38972 "Little Slope, Mt Gower (31°35.33′ S, 159°3.98′ E), 1912, R. Bell."] (Hyman & Ponder, 2016:95)

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Iredale, Tom. (1944). The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. Australian Zoologist 10(3): 299-334.

 

Other references:

Hyman, Isabel T. and Ponder, Winston F. (2016). Helicarionidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Stylommatophora) of Lord Howe Island. Molluscan Research 36(2): 84-107. https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2015.1128568

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Gudeoconcha sophiae magnifica Iredale, 1944. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=883801 on 2022-05-15

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2022/05/lord-howe-islands-magnificent-snail-thought-to-be-extinct-seen-for-first-time-in-20-years/

 

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