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- Title
Rediscovery of Pacificella variabilis (Gastropoda: Achatinellidae) on Easter Island.
- Authors
Araya, Juan Francisco; Aliaga, Juan Antonio; Cotoras, Darko D.
- Abstract
The achatinellid Pacificella variabilis Odhner, 1922, is reported for the first time since its original description from its type locality, Easter Island (Rapa Nui), South Pacific Ocean, Chile. Specimens were found living on the bark of a lemon tree in Hanga Roa town and among the endemic grass Paspalum forsterianum on Motu Nui Islet. A redescription of the shell based on scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is provided. This represents the first report of the habitat of the species on Easter Island.
- Subjects
GASTROPODA; HABITATS; ISLANDS; FORESTS &; forestry; MOLLUSKS
- Publication
Pacific Science, 2018, Vol 72, Issue 3, p329
- ISSN
0030-8870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2984/72.3.4