Post by Sebbe on Feb 28, 2017 15:12:21 GMT
Gargominy, O. & Fontaine, B.2014. Terrestrial Biodiversity of the Austral Islands, French Polynesia. A Global Overview of the Terrestrial and Freshwater Molluscs. Patrimonines Naturels (Book 72). French National Museum Natural History.
Australdonta magnasulcata occurs in several dispersed locations, isolated from each other, on Rurutu. The species has a distribution of less than 10 km2, its populations are severely fragmented, and there is a continuing decline in habitat quality. It should then be classified as Critically Endangered. However, as we did not actually find live individuals, it could already be extinct.