Biology:Carelia paradoxa

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Carelia paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Genus:
Carelia
Species:
C. paradoxa
Binomial name
Carelia paradoxa
Newcomb

Carelia paradoxa was a species of small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Amastridae and superfamily Cochlicopoidea.

This species was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It became extinct in the first half of the 20th century.[2][3]

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Carelia paradoxa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T3890A10154081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3890A10154081.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3890/10154081. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Niles Eldredge, Life in the Balance: Humanity and the Biodiversity Crisis, Princeton Univ. Press 2000, ISBN:0691050090; p. 197, giving 1930 as the last recorded date.
  3. Bruce A. Stein, Lynn S. Kutner, Jonathan S. Adams: Precious Heritage: The Status of Biodiversity in the United States, Oxford Univ. Press 2000, ISBN:0195125193; p. 333 giving "pre-1945" for the last record.

Wikidata ☰ Q4847374 entry