Ten new species of Mascarene land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda) and their conservation status

Molluscan Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-177

  Griffiths, Owen Lee ^a   Florens, F B Vincent ^b  

^a Bioculture (Mtius) Ltd   (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

Author keywords

Extinction rate; Mascarene islands; Mauritius; R union; Rodrigues; Subfossil; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349204791     PISSN: 13235818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MR04015     Document Type: Article

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