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Melampus luteus

Roro‘ara (MG)

Yellow Ear-shell

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Yellow Ear-shell

TRADITIONAL NAMES: Roro‘ara (MG AT MK MT AK), Lalohala (TS), Rarohara (TW), Laloala ?ID (PK)

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Pacific

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - v.common; ?; Land, coastal; under rubble and litter

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Locally endangeredOrnament

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Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW
P?

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Scientific Taxonomy

Melampus luteus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
SYNONYMS: Melampus flavus (Gmelin, 1791) [might be correct name, see Preece 1995]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA; Basommatophora; Ellobiacea; ELLOBIIDAE, Melampodinae

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Cooks: Morgan 754-756. Rarotonga: reported, 10/2005, not threatened in strand scrublands, Fred Brook with ID as Melampus luteus in rpt 2005/11. Mangaia: specimen Sue Ngatokorua, 9/2000, ID GMcC. Atiu: field-specimen, College collection, 10/2000, ID GMcC. Pukapuka: fieldspecimen, 2/2004, G.McCormack with ID as Melampus luteus.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM07a

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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