Pseudocharopa whiteleggei Brazier in Etheridge, 1889
Whitelegge's pinwheel snail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hemistomia whiteleggei (Brazier, 1889); Bythinella whiteleggei (Brazier, 1889)
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
Bythinella whiteleggei was considered "probably extinct" by (Ponder, 1982). A live individual was found in 2016 (source).
Distribution
Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Hyman, Isabel T. and Köhler, F. (2020). A Field Guide to the Land Snails of Lord Howe Island. Australian Museum.
Iredale, Tom. (1944). The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. Australian Zoologist 10: 299-334.
Köhler, Frank and Hyman, Isabel. (2018). The Australian Museum Lord Howe Island Expedition 2017—land snail fauna. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum, Online 26: 45-51. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.1835-4211.26.2018.1705
Ponder, Winston F. (1982). Hydrobiidae of Lord Howe Island (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 33(1): 89-159. [Abstract]
https://australian.museum/blog/amri-news/recovery-and-discovery-rare-snails-on-lord-howe-island/