Molluscan fauna of Gueishan Island, Taiwan

Chih-Wei Huang; Ta-Wei Hsiung; Si-Min Lin; Wen-Lung Wu

doi:10.3897/zookeys.261.4197

Molluscan fauna of Gueishan Island, Taiwan

Zookeys. 2013 Jan 24:(261):1-13. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.261.4197. Print 2013.

Authors

Chih-Wei Huang¹, Ta-Wei Hsiung, Si-Min Lin, Wen-Lung Wu

Affiliation

¹ Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, No. 88, Sec. 4, Tingzhou Rd., Wenshan Dist., 11677, Taipei, TAIWAN, R.O.C. ; Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, No. 128 Academia Road Sec. 2, Nankang Dist., 11529, Taipei, TAIWAN, R.O.C.

Abstract

This dataset records the occurrence and inventory of molluscan fauna on Gueishan Island, the only active volcanic island in Taiwan, based on the literature survey and field investigation conducted between 2011 and 2012. The literature review involved seven studies published from 1934 to 2003, which collectively reported 112 species from 61 genera and 37 families of Mollusca on Gueishan Island. Through our field investigation, we identified 34 species from 28 genera and 23 families. Fourteen of these species were new records on Gueishan Island: Liolophura japonica, Lottia luchuana, Nerita costata, Nerita rumphii, Diplommatina suganikeiensis, Littoraria undulata, Solenomphala taiwanensis, Assiminea sp., Siphonaria laciniosa, Laevapex nipponica, Carychium hachijoensis, Succinea erythrophana, Zaptyx crassilamellata, and Allopeas pyrgula. In Total, there are 126 species from 71 genera and 45 families of Mollusca on Gueishan Island. These data have been published through GBIF [http://taibif.org.tw/ipt/resource.do?r=gueishan_island] and integrated into the Taiwan Malacofauna Database (http://shell.sinica.edu.tw/).

Keywords: Bivalvia; Cephalopoda; Gastropoda; Gueishan Island; Mollusca; Polyplacophora; Taiwan.