Elisa’s Cookeconcha Snail (Cookeconcha elisae)
This species was described in 1889, its exact origin is not known, but it certainly originates from one of the Hawaiian Islands. [1]
The species is clearly extinct like almost all of its congeners.
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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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edited: 16.10.2017
Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions
… about 5858 taxa have disappeared since the beginning of the Anthropocene era (since about 10000 BCE)
