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Common Pelican’s Foot

Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus 1758)

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Aporrhais pespelecani (Common Pelican’s Foot) is a species of snails in the family pelican's foot shells. This species is extinct. They are surficial modifiers. Individuals could grow to 52.16 mm. They have sexual reproduction. They are slow moving burrowers.

  • URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extinct
  • Definition: A taxon is Extinct when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. A \r\ntaxon is presumed Extinct when exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, \r\nat appropriate times (diurnal, seasonal, annual), throughout its historic range have failed \r\nto record an individual. Surveys should be over a time frame appropriate to the taxon’s life cycle and life form.
  • Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria
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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
  • Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of common pelican’s foot. View this species on GBIF