Page’s Pachystyla Snail (Pachystyla waynepagei)

This species was described in 2000 on the basis of a single subfossil specimen that had been found in 1996 in limestone scree in the Limekiln Cave on the Île aux Aigrettes, Mauritius.

The shell reaches a length of 2.8 cm; it differs from the shells of its close relative, the Two-colored Pachystyla Snail (Pachystyla bicolor (Lamarck)) (see photo below) by lacking a decussate sculpture and by its orange-colored last whorl with a white peripheral band.

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References:

[1] Owen Lee Griffiths: Nine new species of Mascarene land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research 20(2): 37-50. 2000

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edited: 29.01.2024

Strahm’s Erepta Snail (Erepta wendystrahmi)

This species was described in 2000 on the basis of subfossil material that had been collected in 1989 from limestone scree in the Limekiln Cave on the Île aux Aigrettes, Mauritius.

The shells reach heights of about 0.45 cm; they are depressed conic, solid and pale glossy white.

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References:

[1] Owen Lee Griffiths: Nine new species of Mascarene land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Molluscan Research 20(2): 37-50. 2000

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edited: 29.01.2024