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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	24 111065 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Posticobia norfolkensis   (Sykes, 1900)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.) Family: 24 111 Hydrobiidae (hydrobiid snails) - show full list Common Name: [a hydrobiid snail] Organism Type: a hydrobiid snail Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Freshwater Parent Codes: 24 111913     Posticobia spp.

Taxon Notes:	This species is endemic to Norfolk Island, and has not been found alive there since the 1930's, despite several detailed surveys by experienced personnel. It is currently regarded as extinct, see Clark (2009).
Identifiers:	AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:555d6be0-f031-4f8d-86b1-ccd22d8845c5 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1299403 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2021-05-05 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Smith, B.J., 1992. Non-marine Mollusca. In: Houston, W.W.K., Editor, Zoological Catalogue of Australia, 8: 1-398. Australian Government Printing Service, Canberra 405pp. Now Vol. 17.1
Scientific Name verified against:	Clark, S.A., 2009. The genus Posticobia (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissoidea: Hydrobiidae s.l.) from Australia and Norfolk Island., Malacologia, Vol. 51(2): 319-341.