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Lamellidea oblonga

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Cooks - Australs; EXOTIC EXOTIC Samoa - Marquesas; Hawai‘i (pre-1778)

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native, Endemic of se.Polynesia; S.Group - widespread; N.Group ?; Land, coastal to upland; on ground under plants, incl. food plants

Cook Islands Distribution

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

Lamellidea oblonga (Pease, 1864)
SYNONYMS: Lamellidea (Lamellidea) oblonga (Pease, 1864); Tornatellina oblonga Pease, 1864

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA; Stylommatophora; Orthurethra; Achatinellacea; ACHATINELLIDAE / TORNATELLINIDAE

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Cooke & Kondo (1960:207) suggest Lamellidea oblonga is native of Cook or Austral Islands and transported by the Polynesians with food plants to other parts of Polynesia, westward to Samoa and Tonga, and eastward to Societies and Marquesas; along with Tornatellides oblongus.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Tornatellina oblonga, listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki; specimens, 1994, under a Coconut Palm, on a Muri motu, and upland, J.Craig, as Lamellidea oblonga; specimens, 2005/10, coastal scrublands and remnant forests, Fred Brook as Lamellidea oblonga, in report 2005/11; specimens+photo, 2007/6, Tupapa on "paper box", G.McCormack with ID F.Brook as Lamellidea oblonga. Mangaia: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Tornatellina oblonga, listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki. Atiu: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Tornatellina oblonga, listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki. Mitiaro: specimens, 1994, one under a Coconut Palm & one at inland pool J.Craig, as Lamellidea oblonga. Aitutaki: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Tornatellina oblonga, listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05b

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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