Pacific land snails are among the most threatened animals on Earth, and basic information
on the number of extant species is lacking for many island groups. The isolated western …

Survey work on the American Samoan island of Olosega, one of the three Manu'a lslands
(Ta'ī, Ofu, Olosega), increased the known land snail fauna of the island from 6 to 30 species …

AB STRACT Probably only 25–35% of the 1,461 species level taxa ofendemic Hawaiian
land snails that have been described are still extant. Unless immediate actions are taken …

ABSTRACT Probably only 25-35% of the 1,461 species level taxa of endemic Hawaiian land
snails that have been described are still extant. Unless immediate actions are taken, most of …

Native Pacific island biotas are disappearing rapidly. Among these native biotas the land
snails are especially recognized not only for their high diversity and high levels of endemism …

The land snail faunas on islands of the tropical Pacific exhibit spectacular evolutionary
radiations (Cowie, 1996), although they are dominated by relatively few families. Despite …

Pacific islands, with their incredible biodiversity, are our finest natural laboratories for
evolutionary, ecological, and cultural studies. Nowhere, in relation to land area, does land …

The highly diverse and endemic Pacific island biota is disappearing and being replaced by
a relatively small number of widespread alien species. The land snail fauna of Samoa …

Land snails sorted from bagged leaf litter on Karoni, Lakemba, and Mothe Islands in the Lau
Archipelago of Fiji numbered 35 species. Literature and Field Museum of Natural History …