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Monterissa gowerensis Iredale, 1944

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1913

Rediscovered in 2022

 

Distribution

Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Iredale, Tom. (1944). The land Mollusca of Lord Howe Island. The Australian Zoologist 10(3): 299-334.


Other references:

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Monterissa gowerensis Iredale, 1944. Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=867193 on 2022-05-15

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2022/05/lord-howe-islands-magnificent-snail-thought-to-be-extinct-seen-for-first-time-in-20-years/

 

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