General Information

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE Philippines - ?New Caledonia; EXOTIC EXOTIC Fiji - French Polynesia COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Polynesian, Naturalised; S.Group - widespread; N.Group ?; Land, coastal to mountains; under leaves or decaying wood, in fissures of basaltic rocks KEY FEATURES: Very small and dark. SHELL variable; short- to long subcylindrical, ±2 outer whorls enlarged; epidermis rough and gransular; lip dark; parietal teeth 2, elongate, ±3rd tooth near columella; palate teeth variable.

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

Gastrocopta pediculus (Shuttleworth, 1852)
SYNONYMS: Vertigo pediculus (Shuttleworth, 1852); Pupa pediculus Shuttleworth, 1852;

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; MOLLUSCA; GASTROPODA; PULMONATA; Stylommatophora; Orthurethra; Pupillacea; PUPILLIDAE

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Vertigo pediculus, listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki; specimens, 1994, J.Craig, "limited to coastal areas", as Gastrocopta pediculus; listed but no specimens reported, 2005/10, Fred Brook in report 2005/11. Mangaia: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Vertigo pediculus, listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki. Atiu: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Vertigo pediculus, listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki. Rarotonga: specimens, 1994, J.Craig, "wide variety of environments, except very wet ones", as Gastrocopta pediculus. Aitutaki: specimens, reported 1881 Garrett, as Vertigo pediculus, listed for Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, & Aitutaki.

References:
None recorded.

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

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