Mautodontha harperae Sartori, Gargominy & Fontaine, 2014:16
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct?
Distribution
Makatea (=Mangaia-te-vai-tamae), Tuamotu Archipelago (=Tuamotus) (western), French Polynesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: MNHN 26529
Type locality: "Moumu cave, Makatea (15.83347°S; 148.24933°W). Deposits inside cave. Limestone, alt. 30 m; station Mk04." (Sartori et al. 2014:16)
Paratypes:
MNHN 26530 (n=6 shells)
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.
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