Pseudohelenoconcha spurca

Pseudohelenoconcha spurca is an extinct species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.

Pseudohelenoconcha spurca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Pseudohelenoconcha
Species:
P. spurca
Binomial name
Pseudohelenoconcha spurca
(Sowerby, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Pseudocampylaea dianae (Pfeiffer, 1856)
  • Pseudocampylaea laetissima (Smith, 1892)
  • Pseudocampylaea persoluta (Smith, 1892)
  • Pseudocampylaea spurca (Sowerby, 1844)

This species was found only in Saint Helena, (an island in the middle of the south Atlantic). This species is now considered to be extinct.

References

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  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Pseudohelenoconcha spurca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T29614A9504837. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T29614A9504837.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.