Miraculous Gambiodonta Snail (Gambiodonta mirabilis)
The Miraculous Gambiodonta Snail was described in 1976 based on 39 specimens that had been collected in 1934, 4 on the islet of Aukena and 35 on Mangareva Island, Gambier Islands.
The shells reached average sizes of 0,5 to 0,58 cm in diameter. [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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edited: 19.04.2019
Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions
… about 5858 taxa have disappeared since the beginning of the Anthropocene era (since about 10000 BCE)
