Pseudohelenoconcha spurca
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Pseudohelenoconcha spurca was a species of small air-breathing land snail
, a terrestrial
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae
.
It was found only in Saint Helena
, (an island in the middle of the south Atlantic).
This species is now thought to be extinct.
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
, a terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
Terrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land , as compared with aquatic animals, which live predominantly or entirely in the water , or amphibians, which rely on a combination of aquatic and terrestrial habitats...
pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae
Endodontidae
Endodontidae is a taxonomic family of very small air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea....
.
It was found only in Saint Helena
Saint Helena
Saint Helena , named after St Helena of Constantinople, is an island of volcanic origin in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha which also includes Ascension Island and the islands of Tristan da Cunha...
, (an island in the middle of the south Atlantic).
This species is now thought to be extinct.
Source
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Pseudohelenoconcha spurca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.