Plutonia crassa (Groh & Hemmen, 1986)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Missing
"Described as an endemic fossil from the Quaternary beds of the Ponta de São Lourenço and possibly still alive in a tiny region in the northeast of Madeira, it is for the first time recorded fossil from Deserta Grande (Teixeira et al., in prep.)."
(Cameron et al., 2021:60)
Distribution
Deserta Grande, Desertas Islands & Madeira, both Madeiran Archipelago
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Groh, Klaus and Hemmen, J. (1986). Zur Kenntnis der Vitrinidendes Madeira Archipels (Pulmonata: Vitrinidae). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 116: 1-39.
Other references:
Cameron, Robert A. D., Teixeira, Dinarte, Pokryszko, Beata, Silva, Isamberto and Groh, Klaus. (2021). An annotated checklist of the extant and Quaternary land molluscs of the Desertas Islands, Madeiran Archipelago. Journal of Conchology 44(1): 53-70.