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Carelia paradoxa

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Carelia paradoxa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Amastridae
Genus: Carelia
Species:
C. paradoxa
Binomial name
Carelia paradoxa
C. M. Cooke & Y. Kondo, 1952

Carelia paradoxa was a species of small, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amastridae.[2]

This species was endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It became extinct in the first half of the 20th century.[3][4]

References

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  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. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Carelia paradoxa waipouliensis C. M. Cooke & Y. Kondo, 1952". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.