Egestula bicolor is a species of Gastropoda of the genus Egestula.[2][1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Egestula |
| Species: | E. bicolor
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Taxonomy
editThis species was originally described as Charopa bicolor by Frank Climo in 1973. The holotype specimen was collected by Frank Climo at Great Island, below Castaway Camp during the 1970 Three Kings Islands expedition.[4]
Description
editThe shell is 3.8mm in diameter.[4]
Distribution and habitat
editThis species is only known from Great Island in the Three Kings Islands group of New Zealand.[4] In one survey, it was recorded at 91% of sites on the island and has been suggested to be the most widespread snail species on the island.[5] It is apparently associated with Leptospermum. It has been hypothesized to be a colonizer of areas not yet inhabited by other land snails.[4]
Conservation status
editUnder the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as Naturally Uncommon with the qualifiers of "Conservation Dependent", "Island Endemic", "Range Restricted" and "Biologically Sparse".[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Egestula bicolor (Climo, 1973)". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Egestula bicolor (Climo, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821329 on 2024-04-28
- ^ H. G. Spencer; B. A. Marshall; R. C. Willan (June 2009). "Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca". New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia Radiata, Lopotrochozoa, Deuteromstomia. 1: 196–219. Wikidata Q125720861.
- ^ a b c d Climo, F. M. (December 1973). "The systematics, Biology and Zoogeography of the land snail fauna of Great Island, Three Kings Group, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 3 (4): 591. doi:10.1080/03036758.1973.10421858. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q104026163.
- ^ Brook, F. J. (2002). "Changes in the landsnail fauna of Great Island, Three Kings Islands, northern New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 32 (1): 61–88. doi:10.1080/03014223.2002.9517684. ISSN 0303-6758.
- ^ "NZTCS". nztcs.org.nz. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
