Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00208
Ptychopatula dioscoricola
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About Ptychopatula dioscoricola
Bishop Museum OP50 codes K,O,Mo,M,H and states first record was based on Bishop Museum collections; Status is Unknown.
Fresh WoRMS query treats Pupisoma orcula as a junior subjective synonym of accepted Ptychopatula dioscoricola (AphiaID 875192). Final normalization uses the accepted name Ptychopatula dioscoricola.
Terrestrial taxon; marine depth filter does not apply.
Kauaʻi museum occurrence and nonnative status are documented, but the record must be normalized to Ptychopatula dioscoricola and cannot be called current.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Ptychopatula dioscoricola
- Other names
- Ptychopatula dioscoricola · Pupisoma orcula
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- verified historical introduction; establishment/current persistence unknown
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence limits
- Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Land
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Ptychopatula dioscoricola is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Kauaʻi museum occurrence and nonnative status are documented, but the record must be normalized to Ptychopatula dioscoricola and cannot be called current.