Cookeconcha stellula (Gould)

Star-shaped Cookeconcha Snail (Cookeconcha stellula)  

The Star-shaped Cookeconcha Snail was described in 1844, it is apparently known from only two specimens, both having been collected on the island of Maui, Hawaiian Islands. [1]

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References:  

[1] Alan Solem: Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part I, Family Endodontidae. Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, Illinois 1976  

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Depiction from: ‘G. W. Tryon; H. A. Pilsbry; a.o.: Manual of Conchology. Second Series: Pulmonata Vol. 3, Helicidae Vol. 1. 1887’

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edited: 13.06.2020