Tropidophora desmazuresi

Tropidophora desmazuresi
Shell of † Tropidophora desmazuresi (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Pomatiidae
Genus:	Tropidophora
Species:	†T. desmazuresi
Binomial name
†Tropidophora desmazuresi (Crosse, 1873)
Synonyms
Cyclostoma desmazuresiCrosse, 1873 · (original combination)

Tropidophora desmazuresi was a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiidae.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.2 mm.

Distribution

This species was endemic to Mauritius. It is now extinct.

References

1. Griffiths, O. (1996). "Tropidophora desmazuresi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T22342A9370542. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T22342A9370542.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.

• Crosse, H., 1874. Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile de l'ile de Rodriguez. Journal de Conchyliologie 22: 220-242
• Fischer-Piette, E., 1950. Liste des types décrits dans le Journal de Conchyliologie et conservés dans la collection de ce journal (avec planches)(suite). Journal de Conchyliologie 90: 65-82
• Griffiths, O.L. & Florens, V.F.B. (2006). A field guide to the non-marine molluscs of the Mascarene Islands (Mauritius, Rodrigues and Réunion) and the northern dependencies of Mauritius. Bioculture Press: Mauritius. Pp. i–xv, 1–185.

External links

• Crosse H. (1873). Diagnoses molluscorum novorum. Journal de Conchyliologie. 21(2): 136-144