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Tornatellides oblongus

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General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Cooks - Societies - Marquesas, also Polynesian Introduced

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Native; S.Group - widespread; N.Group ?; Land, coastal to mountains; on dead leaves in open areas and in forest

KEY FEATURES: The wide conical shell. SHELL ~5 whorls, final whorl ~50% Shell Length; umbilicus open; small parietal lamina; columella simple.

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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	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

Tornatellides oblongus (Anton, 1839)
SYNONYMS: Tornatellina simplex Garrett, 1881

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

More Information

GENERAL NOTE: Cooke and Kondo (1960:251) give Tornatellides oblongus distribution as Cooks to Marquesas and indicate it was probably dispersed by the early Polynesians on food plants; along with Lamellidea oblonga.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Tornatellina simplex, "plentiful in all parts of the group" and listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki; 2 specimens, 1994, on Black Rock and one in dense forest, J.Craig, as Tornatellides oblongus; specimens, 2005/10, coastal scrublands and remnant forests, Fred Brook as Tornatellides oblongus, in report 2005/11. Mangaia: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Tornatellina simplex, "plentiful in all parts of the group" and listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki. Atiu: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Tornatellina simplex, "plentiful in all parts of the group" and listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki. Mitiaro: specimens, 1994, "widespread .... favouring crop plants", J.Craig, as Tornatellides oblongus. Aitutaki: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Tornatellina simplex, "plentiful in all parts of the group" and listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki.

References:
None recorded.

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05b, zD05b

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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