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Allopeas gracile

Graceful Awlsnail

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Graceful Awlsnail

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE s.Asia - Australia; EXOTIC EXOTIC Pacific islands, incl se.Polynesia, Hawai‘i

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Polynesian, Naturalised; S.Group - common; Land, lowlands - mountains (high.elev.), in leaf-litter

KEY FEATURES: Long turret-shaped shell, columella has a rolled edge.

SIMILAR SPECIES: Subulina octona is very similar but it aperture-extremity blade-like and not curled (vs curled) CHECK THIS!!!

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Northern Group:
TN	MH	RK	PK	NS	SW

Key to Symbols

blank	no data
-	absent	L	localised
X	extinct 'naturally'	W	widespread
XQi	quarantine intercepted	R	recent
XQe	eradicated	?	query preceding category
P	present	T?	taxonomic query
S	seasonal	nn	present, said to have no name
O	occasional	?1	present, name not investigated
++++	very common	?2	presence not verified, no name recorded
+++	common	N/A	absent, name not expected
++	uncommon
+	rare
Cook Islands islands: RR =Rarotonga, MG = Mangaia, AT =‘Ātiu, MK=Ma‘uke, MT=Miti‘āro, AK=Aitutaki, PL=Palmerston, PN=Penrhyn, MN=Manuae, TK=Takūtea, TN=Tongareva (TS=Tongaleva Spoken, TW=Tongareva Written, they say "el" but write "r"), MH=Manihiki, RK=Rakahanga, PK=Pukapuka, NS=Nassau, SW=Suwarrow. After a Polynesian name: ^=orthography query. Countries and other: FIJ=Fiji, WT=Wallis & Futuna, SAM=Samoa, TON=Tonga, NIU=Niue, CK=Cook Islands, CKM=Cook Islands Māori, FP=French Polynesia, AUS=Australs, SOC=Societies, TAH=Tahiti, TUA=Tuamotus, MQS=Marquesas, MNG=Mangareva, PIT=Pitcain group, EAS=Easter Island, HAW=Hawai‘i, NZ=New Zealand, NZM=New Zealand Māori

Scientific Taxonomy

Allopeas gracile (Hutton, 1834)
SYNONYMS: Lamellaxis gracilis (Hutton, 1834); Stenogyra tuckeri [incl. Garrett 1881]; Bulimus gracilis Hutton, 1834; Stenogyra upolensis Mousson, 1865

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA; Stylommatophora; Sigmurethra; Holopodopes; Achatinacea; SUBULINIDAE

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
None Recorded.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zB02, zD02

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.
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