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N ew Records of New Caledonian Nonmarine Mollusks and a ~ Analysis of the Introduced Mollusks ALANSOLEM! THE ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOK of N ew Cale­ Family HELIONIDAE donian nonmarine mollusks issued by Franc ( 957) has been supplemented by an annotated Pleuropoma primeana (Gassies, 1863) check list (Solem, 1961 ) . Additional records Tadine, M are, Loyalty Islands (CNHM are given by Solem (1960 ), and material col­ 109456 ) lected by Borys Malkin between July and Oc­ Pleuropoma m ediana (Gassies, 1870 ) tober 1958 is reported on here. A few notes on Tadine, M are, Loyalty I slands (CNHM srecimens from other sources are included, par­ 109457 ) ticularly on two very puzzling shells omitted from Solem's discussion (1960) to allow more Family POTERIIDAE critical examination. The location of cited ma­ Gassiesia couderti ( Fischer and Bernardi, 1856 ) terials is indicated by the following symbols: Kuto, Ile des Pins, N ew Caledonia (CNHM ANSP (Academy of N atural Sciences, Philadel­ ph ia ), BPBM (Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Ho­ 109427) nolulu ), CNHM (Chicago Natural History Mu­ seum ) . In each case the catalog number of the Family PLANORBIDAE set is indicated to facilitate later efforts to con­ Physastra nasuta (Moreler, 1857) sult the cited specimens. W abawo, Mare, Loyal ty Islands (CNHM .Many of the Loyalty Island records are new 109389) but the most impor tant data are the addition Ouro, Ile des Pins, N ew Caledonia, in a rapid of six species to the N ew Caledonian fauna all stream (CNHM 109445 ) of them introduced from other areas. Elas:nias Muine, Ile des Pins, New Caledonia, in a apertum ( Pease) , Lamellaxis micra (Orbigny), small, shaded pond (CNHM 109446) Opeas oparanum (Pfeiffer), Varicella sp., Dia­ Vao, Ile des Pins, New Caledonia, on leaf stole conula (Pease) , and Lacteoluna sp. were debris in a rapid stream (CNHM 109447) not previously known from N ew Caledonia. Gyraulus ( G.) rossiteri (Crosse, 1871) Vao, Ile des Pins, N ew Caledonia (CNHM 1. RECORDS OF NONMARINE MOLLUSKS 109416) The following locality records were thought worthy of publishing. W ith minor alterations Family TORNATELLINIDAE the sequence of species follows Solem (1961): Elasmias mariei (Crosse, 1874 ) References to previous literature can be located in Solem ( 1961) and are not repeated here. Tadine, Mare, Loyalty Islands, on vegetation (CNHM 109489) Elasmias apertum ( Pease, 1864) . 1 Curator of Lower Invertebrates, Chicago N atural H istory Museum. Manuscript received February 27 T ornatellina aperta (Pease), 1864, Proc. Zool. 1963. ' Soc. London, 1864: 673, no locality 130 Nonmarine Mollusks of New Caledonia-SOLEM 131 Elasmias apertum (Pease), Cooke and Kondo, the genus was associated with the sigrnurethrous 1960, Bull. B. P. Bishop Mus. 221:222­ Camaenidae or Bulimulidae and was reluctantly 224, fig. 97 a-d kept in the Camaenidae (Solem, 1961:483­ Tadine, Mare, loyalty Islands, on vegetation 484). (CNHM 109490) la Roche, Mare, loyalty Islands, on vegeta­ Family SUBULINIDAE tion (CNHM 109385) "Opeas" o paranum (Pfeiffer, 1846) .Cengeire, Mare, loyalty Islands, on vegeta­ Tadine, Mare, loyalty Islands (CNHM tion (CNHM 109386 ) 109391) The numerous examples obtained show that Subulina octona (Bruguiere, 1792) this is a well-established species on Mare. Kuto, lIe des Pins, N ew Caledonia ( CNHM 109429 ) T ornatellinops noumeensis (Crosse, 1870 ) Lamellaxis ( Allopeas) micra (Orbigny, 1835) Tadine, Mare, loyalty Islands, on vegetation H elix micra Orbigny, 1835, Magazin de Zool., (CNHM 109491) 1835: 9, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Kuto, lIe des Pins, New Caledonia (CNHM Family PUPIlLIDAE 109397) Material reported by Solem ( 1960) as Gastrocopta ( G.) seruilis (Gould, 1843) o. pumilum consists of juveniles of this 'species. Tadine, Mare, loyalty Islands (CNHM 109352, CNHM 109488 ) Family OlEACINIDAE FamHy ENIDAE Varicella sp. Subfamily PACHNODINAE River drift at sea coast a few miles from Bourail, New Caledonia (ANSP 281661) Rhachistia bistrio (Pfeiffer, 1855) la Roche, Mare, loyalty Islands, on foliage The single worn shell cannot be identified to . (CNHM 109435) specific level but is unquestionably a member Tadine, Mare, loyalty Islands, on foliage of this genus (sensu lato ). This is the first Pa­ (CNHM 109492) cific Ocean record for this Greater Antillean Cengeite, Mare, loyalty Islands, under logs taxon. (CNHM 109437) Verdcourr ( 1961) has confirmed my earlier Family ENDODONTIDAE suggestion (Solem , 1959:60-62) that the New Andrefrancia vincentina ( Crosse, 1870) Caledonian-New Hebridean populations are Foret de Thi Hanna at 800 m elevation, New conspecific with the East African R. braunsii. Caledonia, under bark (CNHM 109353) Undoubtedly, the Pacific Ocean populations rep­ resent a very early accidental introduction by European commerce. Family HELICARIONIDAE Subfamily DRAPARNAUDIINAE Liardetia ( L.) samoensis (Mousson, 1865 ) Dge, Ouen Island, New Caledonia ( BPBM Draparnaudia lifuanaPilsbry, 1901 92282 ) Tadine, Mare, loyalty Islands, on dead foliage Tadine, Mare, loyalty Islands (CNHM (CNHM 109411 ) 109487) Muine, lIe des Pins, New Caledonia (CNHM Solem (1962 : 219-223, figs. 1-7) studied 109375 ) the anatomy of this material to determine the Cengeite, Mare, loyalty Islands (CNHM systematic position of Draparnaudia. Previously, 109374) 132 PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XVIII, Apr il 1964 Diastole (D.) conula (Pease, 1861) Rhytida (Pt ychorhytida) inaequalis (Pfeiffer, Helix conula Pease, 1861, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1846 ) London, 1861: 243, Tahiti, Society Islands Foret de Thi Hanna at 800 m elevation, New Diastole (D.) conula (Pease) , H. B. Baker, Caledonia (CNHM 109387) 1938, Bull. B. P. Bishop Museum, 158: 46-47, pI. 17, fig. 3, pI. 5, figs. 9, 10 Family SAGDIDAE Tadine, Mare, Loyalty Islands (CNHM 109380 ) Lacteoluna sp. A single, slightly subadult specimen provides River drift at sea coast a few miles from the first New Caledonian record for this Poly­ Bourail, New Caledonia (ANSP 151005 ) nesian species. D. conula is widely distributed Two worn specimens ( AN SP 151005) are in the Society and Cook islands and has been easily recognizable as thysanophorine. They may reported from Rurutu in the Austral Islands. be the young of Lacteoluna selenina (Gould ). As in the case of Varicella, this is the first Pa­ Coneuplecta (Durgellina) calculosa (Gould, cific record of a West Indian group. 1852) Tadine, Mare, Loyalty Islands (CNHM 109486 ) II . NONMARINE MOLLUSCA INTRODUCED INTO Vao, Isle des Pines, New Caledonia (CNHM NEW CALEDONIA 109366 ) Wabawo, Mare, Loy alty Islands ( CN HM The New Caledonian land snail fauna contains 109379 ) a number of species that are obvious introduc­ Bourail, New Caledonia ( BPBM 212153 ) tions from other parts of the world, several species that were spread-through the Pacific by primitive man, and a few disharmonic elements Family ZONITIDAE that, although not yet equated with foreign taxa, are probably human imports. Collecting in Hawaiia minuscula (Binney, 1841) the islands was very extensive from 1850 to Kuto , Ile des Pins, New Caledonia (CNHM 1880; thereafter only casual collections were 109378 ) made until 1911, when Sarasin and Roux as­ sembled the materials reported on by Dautzen­ Family EULOTIDAE berg (1923) and Grimpe and Hoffmann (1925). In 1928 T. D. A. Cockerell gathered the speci­ Bradybaena similaris (Ferussac, 1821 ) mens listed in Solem (1960 ), and in 1958 Cengeite, Mare, Loyalty Islands ( CNHM Borys Malkin collected the specimens reported 109438 ) on above. Each collection revealed new addi­ Tadine, Mare, Loyalty Islands (CNHM 109440, tions to the introduced fauna, but the widely CNHM 109443) separated periods of collecting make informa­ La Roche, Mare, Loyalty Islands (CNHM tion as to the time of arrival impossible to 109442) establish for the majority of the imports. Some records exist for introduction of ornamental Kuro, Ile de Pins, Loyalty Islands (CNHM 109441 ) and food plants (Guillaumin, 1942 ), but no notice was taken of snails that might have been hidden in the soil-matted roots or sealed to the Family PARYPHANTIDAE underside of a leaf. In nearly every case, all we can say is that a particular snail was established Rhytida (Pt ychorhytida ) inaequalis (Pfeiffer, prior to a certain date. Despite the limited evi­ 1854) dence as to time of introduction, the areas of Kuto, Ile des Pins.i.New Caledonia, under origin of the 'introductions form a coherent logs in forest (CNHM 109413) pattern worth recording. Nonmarine Mollusks of New Caledonia-SOLEM 133 The following list contains species suspected consideration to the affinities of extralimital of being imported , as well as those that were species. Procurement of adequate samples will unquestionably brought in by commerce. undou btedly prove that many of the peripheral "species" are based on introduced populations Family ANCYLIDAE of Polynesian species. Elasmias mariei (Crosse , 1874) is one of the Ancylus reticulatus Gassies, 1865, has not 21 "species" listed by Cooke and Kondo (1960). been found by subsequent collectors. The origi­ Unquestionably endemic species are found on nal description and figures fail to provide any Rapa, Rurutu, Raivavae, Guam , and possibly characteristics by which this species can be the Caroline Islands. Possibly the remaining separated from the European A. fluviatilis. I species are based upon introduced populations, have not seen material of this species. although their status cannot be satisfactorily Ancylus noumeensis Crosse, 1871, is equally evaluated at this time. little known. The inclination of the apex to
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  • Land Molluscs from the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia

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  • The Franc Under Pressure

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