List of non-marine molluscs 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]

Location of the Cook Islands

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

• List of non-marine molluscs of American Samoa
• List of non-marine molluscs of New Zealand

References

1. IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 7 November 2009.
2. 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.