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Cookeconcha decussatula (Pease)

Decussate Cookeconcha Snail (Cookeconcha decussatula)  

The Decussate Cookeconcha Snail was described in 1866, it inhabited the islands of Maui and Moloka’i, Hawaiian Islands (the localities are sometimes erroneously given as Kaua’i and Moloka’i).

Like all of its congeners, this species was terrestrial.

The shells reached sizes of about 0,35 to 0,43 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: 13.06.2020