General Information

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native, Endemic of Cooks, 1-island; S.Group only (Rarotonga only); Land, valleys - mountains to top of Te Kou; on foliage SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Endangered globally seriously KEY FEATURES: Spiralled globose-conical shell, 8x6mm(ØxH). SHELL dark horn colour, very thin, translucent, extremely polished; basal pit narrow; aperature evenly rounded. ANIMAL off-white; tentacles dark grey; lung colourless; tail-horn not reaching tip of sole. SIMILAR SPECIES: Microcystis venosa and Microcystis subcicercula have relatively lower spires (vs. high rounded spire)

Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea: -
RR	MG	AT	MK	MT	AK	PL	TK	MN
+++	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Northern Group: -
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW
-	-	-	-	-	-

Lamprocystis globosa Baker, 1938
SYNONYMS: Microcystis globosa (Baker, 1938); Lamprocystis (Avarua) globosa

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA; Stylommatophora; Sigmurethra; Aulacopoda; Limacacea; HELICARIONIDAE (=Zonitoids)

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens, 1929, P.Buck, 500-1850ft Takuvaine-Te Kou, on ferns and shrubs in Baker as Lamprocystis globosa; specimens, 2005/10, Te Kou, Fred Brook Lamprocystis globosa, in report 2005/11.

References:
Special Reference: Baker (19xx) Zonitid snails from Pacific Islands - Pt.1:75 - a new species from top of Te Kou (Coll. P.Buck, 1929).

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zupB05b, zM05b, zD02, zupD05b

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