Carelia paradoxa
| Carelia paradoxa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Amastridae |
| Genus: | Carelia |
| Species: | †C. paradoxa
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| Binomial name | |
| †Carelia paradoxa | |
Carelia paradoxa was a species of small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.
This species was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It became extinct in the first half of the 20th century.[2][3]
References[edit]
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Carelia paradoxa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T3890A10154081. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T3890A10154081.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- Zimmerman, Elwood Curtin (1 March 2001) [1947]. "Chapter 4 Development of the endemic fauna". Volume 1 - Introduction - With a New Preface and Dedication. Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 1. new foreword by James K. Liebherr and short biography of the author by James O. Juvik (illustrated, reissued, with a new preface and dedication ed.). Hawaii, USA: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 134–136. ISBN 978-0-8248-2427-3. OCLC 313815991. Retrieved 22 February 2010.