Partula desolata Bauman & Kerr, 2013
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Partula sp. cf./aff. gibba (Bauman, 1996a,b)
Conservation Status
Last record: ca. 1000 yBP
Distribution
Rota, Mariana Islands, Micronesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Bauman, Scott and Kerr, Alexander M. (2013). Partula desolata sp. nov. (Pulmonata: Partulidae), an extinct land snail from Rota, Mariana Islands, Micronesia. Micronesica 2013(05): 1-12. [Abstract]
Other references:
Bauman, S. (1996a). Diversity and decline of land snails on Rota, Mariana Islands. American Malacological Bulletin 12: 13-27.
Bauman, S. (1996b). Diversity and Decline of Land Snails on Rota, Mariana Islands. Masters Thesis, University of Guam.
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.
Kerr, Alexander M. (2013). The partulid tree snails (Partulidae: Stylommatophora) of the Mariana Islands, Micronesia. University of Guam Marine Laboratory Technical Report 152: vii + 22 pp.