List of non-marine molluscs of the Cook Islands

Location of the Cook Islands

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] and 48 species of land gastropods.[2]

Gastropoda

Freshwater gastropods

Land gastropods

Assimineidae

  • Atropis rarotongana Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]

Endodontidae

  • 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
Drawing of the shell of an extinct snail Sinployea decorticata.

Charopidae[3]

  • 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

Vertiginidae

  • Nesopupa rarotonga Brook, 2010 - endemic[2]

Freshwater bivalves

The status of freshwater bivalves in this area is currently unknown.

See also

References

  1. ^ IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 7 November 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o 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.
  3. ^ 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]