List of non-marine molluscs of the Gambier Islands
The non-marine molluscs of the Gambier Islands are a part of the molluscan fauna of French Polynesia.
Introduction
There are ___ [clarification needed] species of molluscs living in the wild in the Gambier Islands area. 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 alterations to the natural environment of the Gambier Islands.[1]
Freshwater gastropods
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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]
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Freshwater bivalvia
The status of non-marine bivalves in this area is currently unknown.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b 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.