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 …

Survey work on the American Samoan island of Aunu'u, a small island off the eastern end of
Tutuila, combined with review of museum collections, increased the known land snail fauna …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The native land snail faunas of Pacific islands are highly diverse and exhibit high levels of
endemism. However, they are under serious threat from habitat destruction, predation by …

This paper provides descriptions for all of the known species of land snails in the small,
tropical islands of the Mariana archipelago in Micronesia, western Pacific Ocean. Many of …

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 A total of 562 species of snails and slugs are known from Jamaica, of which 505
(90%) are endemic. Both sympatric and allopatric species diversity are high and the …