Vol 3 Land Resource Inventory Report - Department of Environment ...

Summary Report to Fiji Government Departments of Environment, Forestry & Agriculture, July 2010
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Table 1. Summary of currently known species biodiversity of land snails of the Fiji Islands
(including Rotuma). Data collated from Barker (2005).
* Families containing species endemic to Fiji. # Families containing introduced species.
Super Order Family No. Species No. Genera No. known
undescribed
taxa
Neritopsina Helicinidae* 13 2 3
Hydrocenidae* 1 1 0
Architaenioglossa Pupinidae* 2 1 0
Diplommatinidae* 26 6 15
Neocyclotidae* 5 2 0
Caenogastropoda Assimineidae* 30 4 12
Truncatellidae* 7 2 0
Vaginulidae #
3 3 0
Ellobiidae* 32 9 0
Succineidae* 1 1 0
Partulidae* 4 2 0
Achatinellidae 3 2 0
Pupillidae #
3 2 0
Valloniidae #
1 1 0
Bulimulidae* 14 1 0
Charopidae* 22 8 2
Endodontidae* 6 3 0
Euconulidae* 3 2 1
Helicarionidae* 21 2 1
Ariophantidae #
2 2 0
Microcystidae* 12 3 1
Trochomorphidae* 19 1 2
Subulinidae #
6 4 0
Rhytididae* 4 3 0
Streptaxidae #
2 2 0
Bradybaenidae #
1 1 0
Agriolimacidae #
Heterobranchia
1 1 0
Zonitidae #
1 1 0
TOTALS 28 245 72 37
Table 2. Numbers of “Fijian” snails found in particular habitat locations. Data collated
from Barker (2005).
Habitat No. Taxa % of Total Known
Lowland forest 34 24.1%
Mid- altitude forest 47 33.3%
High land forest 40 28.4%
Supralittoral 20 14.2%
Other or Habitat unknown 75
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