List of non-marine molluscs of the Cook Islands
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The non-marine molluscs of Cook Islands are a part of the molluscan fauna of the Cook Islands.
There are 14 species of land snails listed as extinct in 2009 IUCN Red List.[1]
There is a high degree of endemism of these species.
- Summary table of number of species
| Cook Islands | |
|---|---|
| freshwater gastropods | ?? |
| land gastropods | 48[2] |
| gastropods altogether | ??? |
| bivalves | ?? |
| molluscs altogether | ??? |
| non-indigenous gastropods in the wild | ? freshwater and ?? land |
| non-indigenous synantrop gastropods | ? |
| non-indigenous bivalves in the wild | ? |
| non-indigenous synantrop bivalves | ? |
| non-indigenous molluscs altogether | ? |
Contents
Gastropoda
Freshwater gastropods
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Land gastropods
- Atropis rarotongana Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Minidonta aroa Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Minidonta arorangi Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Minidonta iota Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Minidonta kavera Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Minidonta matavera Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Minidonta ngatangiia Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Minidonta pue Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Minidonta rutaki Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Thaumatodon multilamellata Garrett, 1887 - extinct
File:Sinployea decorticata shell.jpg
Drawing of the shell of an extinct snail Sinployea decorticata.
- Libera fratercula fratercula (Pease)
- Libera subcavernula Tryon, 1887 - extinct
- Libera tumuloides Garrett, 1872 - extinct
- Mautodontha unilamellata Garrett, 1884 - extinct
- Mautodontha zebrina - extinct
- Sinployea atiensis
- Sinployea andrewi
- Sinployea avanaensis
- Sinployea canalis Garrett, 1872 - extinct
- Sinployea decorticata (Garrett, 1872) - extinct
- Sinployea harveyensis Garrett, 1872 - extinct
- Sinployea muri Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Sinployea otareae Garrett, 1872 - extinct
- Sinployea planospira Garrett, 1872 - extinct
- Sinployea proxima Garrett, 1872 - extinct
- Sinployea rudis Garrett, 1872 - extinct
- Sinployea taipara Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Sinployea tenuicostata Garrett, 1872 - extinct
- Sinployea titikaveka Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Sinployea tupapa Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
- Sinployea youngi Garrett, 1872 - extinct
- Nesopupa rarotonga Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]
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Freshwater bivalves
The status of freshwater bivalves in this area is currently unknown.
See also
- List of marine molluscs of the Cook Islands
- List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand
- List of non-marine molluscs of French Polynesia
- List of non-marine molluscs of American Samoa
References
- ↑ IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 7 November 2009.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 Brook F. J. (2010). "Coastal landsnail fauna of Rarotonga, Cook Islands: systematics, diversity, biogeography, faunal history, and environmental influences". Tuhinga: records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 21: 161-252. abstract.
- ↑ Solem A. (7 January 1983) Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part II. Families Punctidae and Charopidae, Zoogeography. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, ISSN 0015-0754. [1]
