Theba costillae Hutterer, 1990
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Holocene
Distribution & Habitat
northern Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Macaronesia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hutterer, R. (1990). A new Canarian Theba (Gastropoda: Helicidae) with African affinities. Schriften zur Malakozoologie 3: 1-6.
Other references:
Fernández-Palacios, José María, Fructuoso, Melania, Illera, Juan Carlos, Rando, Juan Carlos, de Nascimento, Lea, Fernández-Palacios, Enrique, Patiño, Jairo, Otto, Rüdiger, Castilla-Beltrán, Álvaro, González, Esther Martín, Orihuela-Rivero, Raúl, Alcover, Josep Antoni, Whittaker, Robert J. (2025). A synthesis of terrestrial species extinctions in the Macaronesian Islands and their correspondence with human occupancy. PNAS Nexus 4(8): pgaf215. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf215 [Supplementary data (.docx)]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Theba costillae Hutterer, 1990 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1447663 on 2026-02-02