Five new extinct species of Partula

[Melanie]

The description of five new species from the genus Partula will be published in the book Partula: Icons of Evolution by Justin Gerlach (scheduled for publishing in late September 2016)

Partula clarkei
Partula cootei
Partula magistri
Partula makatea
Partula pearcekellyi


Here is a list of all described species and synonyms taken from the book Partula: Icons of Evolution

islandbiodiversity.com/Synonymy.pdf


In addition there is one new extinct species of Samoana

Samoana pilsbryi

[Melanie]

I just got a message from Justin Gerlach. All six species are already extinct

Here are the descriptions of the new species

islandbiodiversity.com/newpartula.pdf

[alexanderlang]

Sept 16, 2016 10:45:41 GMT Melanie said:

Partula pilsbryi

I did not hear of this one before, the internet tells me nothing about this one.

[surroundx]

Oct 14, 2016 11:30:25 GMT alexanderlang said:

Sept 16, 2016 10:45:41 GMT Melanie said:

Partula pilsbryi

I did not hear of this one before, the internet tells me nothing about this one.

There is this enigmatic result which predates Gerlach's publication of the name by a significant length of time:

www2.bishopmuseum.org/natscidb/?w=PBIN&srch=b&pt=t&lst=o&cols=8&rpp=500&pge=1&lID=-217789182&oID=32070050&tID=-495577272

Moreover, there seem to only have been five new species described by Gerlach in his new book. Melanie's list seems to be in error when it lists P. pilsbryi as a newly described species (by Gerlach). Hopefully she'll be along shortly to clarify

[surroundx]

Gerlach definitely only described five (5) new species:

www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=240870

[alexanderlang]

Sept 16, 2016 10:45:41 GMT Melanie said:

islandbiodiversity.com/Synonymy.pdf

It's already mentioned in here as pilsbryi Gerlach 2016, so it was either described by him, or he just wrote that name in its own listing for unknown reasons.

[surroundx]

Oct 14, 2016 11:49:01 GMT alexanderlang said:

Sept 16, 2016 10:45:41 GMT Melanie said:

islandbiodiversity.com/Synonymy.pdf

It's already mentioned in here as pilsbryi Gerlach 2016, so it was either described by him, or he just wrote that name in its own listing for unknown reasons.

Maybe he intended to publish the name in this work, hence its listing in the synonymy, but delayed its description so that it is still to be published in a new paper?

[Melanie]

Well Gerlach corrected the number of the newly described Partula species to five. According to pilsbryi this refers to Samoana pilsbryi that is also newly described (though already collected in 1923) in Icons of Evolution.

[alexanderlang]

Oct 14, 2016 13:31:20 GMT Melanie said:

Samoana pilsbryi

Yep, that makes sense, it comes from Fatu Hiva, Marquesas, as far as I know - and there are no Partula spp. there, only Samoana spp. (as far as I know).