Subfossil land snails from easter Island, including hotumatua anakenana, new genus and species (Pulmonata: Achatinellidae)

Pacific Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-122

  Kirch, Patrick V ^a   Christensen, Carl C ^b,c   Steadman, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Hawaii William S Richardson School of Law   (United States)

^c BISHOP MUSEUM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION; GASTROPOD; HOLOCENE; ISLAND; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PREDATION; SNAIL; STRATIGRAPHY; SUBFOSSIL;

EASTER ISLAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ACHATINELLIDAE; AVES; GASTROPODA; HELICINIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PACIFICELLA; PULMONATA; RATTUS; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 55549101920     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/1534-6188(2009)63[105:SLSFEI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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