List of non-marine molluscs of the Gambier Islands
The non-marine molluscs of Gambier Islands are a part of the molluscan fauna of the Gambier Islands.
There are ??? species of molluscs living in the wild in Pitcairn Islands. There are a total of ??? species of gastropods, which breaks down to ?? species of freshwater gastropods, and ??? species of land gastropods in ?? genera, plus ?? species of bivalves living in the wild.
There is a high degree of endemism of these species. The gastropod fauna has been affected by severe alteration of the environment of the Gambier Islands.[1]
Land gastropods
- † Cyclomorpha secessa Bouchet & Abdou, 2003 - endemic[2]
- † Omphalotropis margarita (Pfeiffer, 1851) - endemic[2]
- † Aukena endodonta Bouchet & Abdou, 2001 - endemic[1]
- † Aukena tridentata (Baker, 1940) - endemic[1]
- Philonesia mangarevae Baker, 1940 - endemic, at the base of Mount Mokoto[1]
Freshwater bivalvia
The status of non-marine bivalves in this area is currently unknown.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 Bouchet P. & Abdou A. (2001). "Recent Extinct Land Snails (Euconulidae) from the Gambier Islands with Remarkable Apertural Barriers". Pacific Science 55(2): 121-127. doi:10.1353/psc.2001.0011.
- 1 2 Bouchet P. & Abdou A. (2003). "Endemic land snails from the Pacific islands and the museum record: documenting and dating the extinction of the terrestrial Assimineidae of the Gambier Islands". Journal of Molluscan Studies 69(3): 165-170. doi:10.1093/mollus/69.3.165.
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