Vespericola ohlone Roth, 2003:3
Ohlone hesperian
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: late 1800's
Distribution
Alameda County, California, USA
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Holotype: SBMNH 348128
Type locality: "CALIFORNIA: Alameda County: “Patterson’s Willows” (probably now part of Coyote Hills Regional Park, approximately 37.55° N, 122.09°W)"
Paratypes:
SBMNH 348129 (37)
ANSP (2)
CAS (2)
USNM (2)
Other specimens:
ANSP 1889 (3)
SBMNH 03696 (11)
USNM 30484 (4)
USNM 30485 (3)
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Roth, Barry. (2003). Polygyrid land snails, Vespericola (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), 4. A new and possibly extinct species from central California, U.S.A. Zootaxa 215: 1-6.
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.
https://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10787/vespericola-ohlone-hesperian
https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.741426/Vespericola_ohlone