Sinployea decorticata
Encyclopedia
Sinployea decorticata was a species of land snail, a gastropod mollusk in the Charopidae
family. It was endemic to the Cook Islands.
Garrett's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
The width of the shell is 4 mm. The height of the shell is 2 mm.
Type specimen are stored in the collection of Academy of Natural Sciences
in Philadelphia.
Island, Cook Islands
.
Charopidae
Charopidae is a taxonomic family of small air-breathing land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea .- Subfamilies and genera :The family Charopidae consists of the following subfamilies:* Charopinae Hutton, 1884 - synonyms:...
family. It was endemic to the Cook Islands.
Shell description
Sinployea decorticata was originally discovered and described under the name Pitys decorticata by American naturalist Andrew Garrett in 1872.Garrett's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
The width of the shell is 4 mm. The height of the shell is 2 mm.
Type specimen are stored in the collection of Academy of Natural Sciences
Academy of Natural Sciences
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, formerly Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, is the oldest natural science research institution and museum in the New World...
in Philadelphia.
Distribution
Type locality is RarotongaRarotonga
Rarotonga is the most populous island of the Cook Islands, with a population of 14,153 , out of the country's total population of 19,569.The Cook Islands' Parliament buildings and international airport are on Rarotonga...
Island, Cook Islands
Cook Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing parliamentary democracy in the South Pacific Ocean in free association with New Zealand...
.
Habitat
Andrew Garrett found this species as "a common species found on the ground in a mountain ravine".Further reading
- Solem A.Alan SolemAlan Solem, full name George Alan Solem was an American malacologist, a biologist who studied mollusks.He was one of the most renown land snail experts of his time and had earned a reputation for his comprehensive revisions of mainly terrestrial pulmonates...
(7 January 1983) Endodontoid land snails from Pacific Islands (Mollusca: Pulmonata: Sigmurethra). Part II. Families Punctidae and Charopidae, Zoogeography. Field Museum of Natural HistoryField Museum of Natural HistoryThe Field Museum of Natural History is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It sits on Lake Shore Drive next to Lake Michigan, part of a scenic complex known as the Museum Campus Chicago...
, Chicago, ISSN 0015-0754. Image of Sinployea decorticata is on the page 109, text on page 110.