Poecilozonites nelsoni ssp. discoides Gulick

Discus-shaped Bermuda Land Snail (Poecilozonites nelsoni ssp. discoides)

The Discus-shaped Bermuda Land Snail was described in 1904 as some kind of form of the the Bermuda Land Snail (Poecilozonites nelsoni (Bland)), it might have been a distinct subspecies or perhaps nothing but a distinct-shaped form. [1]

This snail is now apparently extinct.

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References:

[1] Addison Gulick: The fossil land shells of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 56(2): 406-425. 1904

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Depiction from: ‘Addison Gulick: The fossil land shells of Bermuda. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 56(2): 406-425. 1904’

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edited: 11.09.2020