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List Of Non-marine Molluscs Of The Pitcairn Islands
The non-marine molluscs of Pitcairn Islands are a part of the molluscan fauna of the Pitcairn Islands. * Pitcairn Island: 24 species of land snails and one semi-terrestrial gastropodPreece R. C. (1995) "Systematic review of the land snails of the Pitcairn Islands". ''Biological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 56(1-2): 273-307.abstract/ref> * Henderson Island: 16 species (7 families) of land snails and two semi-terrestrial molluscs * Ducie Island: less than six species of land snails * Oeno Island: less than six species of land snails There is a high degree of endemism of these species. Gastropoda Land gastropods Land gastropods and semi-terrestrial gastropods include: Hydrocenidae * '' Georissa hendersoni'' Preece, 1995 - Henderson Island * '' Georissa minutissima'' (G. B. Sowerby, 1832) - Pitcairn Island Helicinidae * '' Orobophana solidula'' (G. B. Sowerby in Gray, 1839) - Henderson Island Assimineidae * '' Assiminea'' sp. - Henderson Island, Pitcairn Island Ellob ...
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Pitcairn Islands
The Pitcairn Islands (; Pitkern: '), officially the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, is a group of four volcanic islands in the southern Pacific Ocean that form the sole British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. The four islands— Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno—are scattered across several hundred miles of ocean and have a combined land area of about . Henderson Island accounts for 86% of the land area, but only Pitcairn Island is inhabited. The islands nearest to the Pitcairn Islands are Mangareva (of French Polynesia) at 688 km to the west and Easter Island at 1,929 km to the east. The Pitcairn Islanders are a biracial ethnic group descended mostly from nine ''Bounty'' mutineers and a handful of Tahitian consorts—as is still apparent from the surnames of many of the islanders. The mutiny and its aftermath have been the subject of many books and films. As of January 2020, the territory had only 47 permanent inhabitants. History P ...
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Assimineidae
Assimineidae is a family of minute snails, also known as palmleaf snails, with an operculum, gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the superfamily Rissoidae. Many of these very small snails live in intermediate habitats, being amphibious between saltwater and land; others live in freshwater. Distribution The distribution of the Assimineidae is worldwide."Family summary for Assimineidae"
, last change 15-08-2006, accessed 4 August 2010.
The oldest fossils are known from the Cenomanian aged

Lamellidea
''Lamellidea'' is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial animal, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. Species Species within the genus ''Lamellidea'' include: * ''Lamellidea biplicata'' * ''Lamellidea microstoma'' * ''Lamellidea monodonta'' * ''Lamellidea nakadai'' * ''Lamellidea ogasawarana'' * ''Lamellidea subcylindrica'' References Nomenclator Zoologicus info
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Lamellidea Oblonga
''Lamellidea'' is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...s in the family Achatinellidae. Species Species within the genus ''Lamellidea'' include: * '' Lamellidea biplicata'' * '' Lamellidea microstoma'' * '' Lamellidea monodonta'' * '' Lamellidea nakadai'' * '' Lamellidea ogasawarana'' * '' Lamellidea subcylindrica'' References Nomenclator Zoologicus info Achatinellidae Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Achatinellidae-stub ...
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Tubuaia Voyana
''Tubuaia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae. Species There are 18 species plus several subspecies. The 18 species are as follows:Kondo, Y. 1962: The genus ''Tubuaia'' (Pulmonata, Achatinellidae). ''Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin'', (224) * '' Tubuaia affinis'' * '' Tubuaia amoebodonta'' * '' Tubuaia bakerorum'' * '' Tubuaia coprophora'' * '' Tubuaia cremnobates'' * '' Tubuaia cylindrata'' * ''Tubuaia fosbergi'' * '' Tubuaia garrettiana'' * '' Tubuaia gouldi'' * ''Tubuaia hendersoni'' * '' Tubuaia hygrobia'' * '' Tubuaia inconstans'' * '' Tubuaia myojinae'' * '' Tubuaia perplexa'' * '' Tubuaia raoulensis'' * '' Tubuaia saintjohni'' * '' Tubuaia saproderma'' * ''Tubuaia voyana ''Tubuaia'' is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropo ...
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Tubuaia Fosbergi
''Tubuaia fosbergi'' is a species of air-breathing land snail or semislug, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helicarionidae. This species is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ... to the Pitcairn Islands. References F Fauna of the Pitcairn Islands Molluscs of Oceania Vulnerable fauna of Oceania Gastropods described in 1962 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Pitcairn-stub ...
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Achatinellidae
Achatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea. Taxonomy It was previously the only family in the superfamily Achatinelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). It is now classified under the superfamily Pupilloidea. The family Achatinellidae represents a diverse adaptive radiation. All species of tree-snail in Hawaii are believed to have come from a single ancestral snail. How that ancestral snail made the trip across the ocean is unknown. A longstanding theory is that a bird carried a notably smaller ancestor across the ocean and dropped it on the islands, as bird mediated dispersal has been documented in other snail species. Alternative theories include that it floating across the ocean on a mat of debris, or that it island hopped across the Pacific in a combination of the theories. Subfamilies in the family Achatinellidae include: * Achatinel ...
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Melampus Flavus
In Greek mythology, Melampus (; grc, Μελάμπους, ''Melampous'') was a legendary soothsayer and healer, originally of Pylos, who ruled at Argos. He was the introducer of the worship of Dionysus, according to Herodotus, who asserted that his powers as a seer were derived from the Egyptians and that he could understand the language of animals. A number of pseudepigraphal works of divination were circulated in Classical and Hellenistic times under the name Melampus. According to Herodotus and Pausanias (vi.17.6), on the authority of Hesiod, his father was Amythaon, whose name implies the "ineffable" or "unspeakably great"; thus Melampus and his heirs were ''Amythaides'' of the "House of Amythaon". Homer In Homer's ''Odyssey'', a digression concerning the lineage of Theoclymenus, "a prophet, sprung from Melampus' line of seers", sketches the epic narrative concerning Melampus with such brevity that its details must have been familiar to Homer's audience. With brief hin ...
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