Endodonta kamehameha Pilsbry & Vanatta

Kamehameha Disc Snail (Endodonta kamehameha)  

The Kamehameha Disc Snail was restricted to the Wailau Pali Valley, Mapulehu at the southern coast of eastern Moloka’i, Hawaiian Islands.  

The shells reached of this very large species a size of up to 0,73 cm in diameter. [1][2]  

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The Kamehameha Disc Snail is now most certainly extinct. [3]  

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References:  

[1] H. A. Pilsbry; E. G. Vanatta: Hawaiian species of Endodonta and Opeas.  Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 57: 783-786. 1905 
[2] Alan Solem: Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part I, Family Endodontidae. Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, Illinois 1976 
[3] Norine W. Yeung; Kenneth A. Hayes: Update on the status of the remaining Hawaiian land snail species Part 4: Punctidae and Endodontidae. 2016  

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Depiction from: ‘H. A. Pilsbry; E. G. Vanatta: Hawaiian species of Endodonta and Opeas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 57: 783-786. 1905’

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edited: 05.04.2018