The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 03 (of 10)Cooke, A. H. (Alfred Hands)
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The Cambridge natural history, Vol. 03 (of 10)
Cooke, A. H. (Alfred Hands)
Animals
Rhytida 1
Helicarion 2
Rhysota 1
Hemiplecta 11
Xesta 2
Microcystis 3
Microcystina 2
Sitala 2
Oxytes (?) 2
Conulus 1
Trochomorpha 8
Nanina (?) 3
Charopa 1
Thalassia 3
Ochthephila(?) 1
Chloritis 13
Planispira 5
Cristigibba 9
Insularia 17
Obbina 1
Albersia 3
Hadra 4
Pedinogyra 1
Papuina 35
Corasia (?) 1
Bulimus (?) 1
Calycia 4
Partula 3
Pupa 1
Stenogyra 1
Tornatellina 1
Perrieria 1
Succinea 1
Vaginula 1
Limnaea 2
Isidora 3
Melania 28
Faunus 1
Vivipara 4
Diplommatina 1
Pupina 4
Pupinella 3
Omphalotropis 2
Bellardiella 2
Leptopoma 16
Cyclotus 5
Cyclotropis 5
Helicina 15
Unio 4
Cyrena 3
Corbicula 1
Batissa 8
_Waigiou_ is practically a part of New Guinea. Twelve genera and twenty
species of Mollusca are known, eight of the latter being peculiar. The
occurrence of _Papuina_, _Insularia_, and _Calycia_ sufficiently attest
its Papuan relationship. Two species each of _Albersia_, _Chloritis_,
and _Planispira_ occur.[372]
The _Aru Is._ are, as we should expect from their position, and
particularly from the configuration of the adjacent sea bottom (see
map), markedly Papuan. At the same time they show unmistakable signs
of long-continued separation from the parent island, for of their 36
land Mollusca 15, and of their 20 fresh-water Mollusca 9 are peculiar.
The Papuan element consists in the presence of _Papuina_, _Albersia_,
and _Cristigibba_. Moluccan influence is not absent, for the three
_Helicina_, the _Albersia_, and one _Cyclotus_ are all Moluccan
species. The fresh-water fauna appears to be a mixture of varied
elements. The single _Segmentina_ is common to India, the _Glaucomya_
to Malacca and the Philippines, while the single _Batissa_ is also
found in New Zealand.
_Land and Fresh-water Mollusca of the Aru Islands_
Xesta 4
Microcystis 1
Hyalinia(?) 1
Trochomorpha 1
Patula 1
Eulota 1
Chloritis 5
Cristigibba 2
Albersia 1
Papuina 4
Pupa 2
Stenogyra 2
Planorbis 1
Segmentina 1
Melania 14
Leptopoma 3
Moussonia 1
Realia 1
Cyclotus 3
Helicina 3
Cyrena 2
Glaucomya 1
Batissa 1
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