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Species of gastropod

Fat Guam partula


Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Endangered (ESA)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	P. gibba
Binomial name
*Partula gibba* Férussac, 1821
Synonyms
Partula bicolor Pease, 1872 Partula mastersi L. Pfeiffer, 1853

The fat Guam partula or humped tree snail, scientific name Partula gibba, is an endangered species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.

Distribution

This species occurs throughout the Mariana Archipelago, and has been reported in the greatest densities and population sizes on the isle of Sarigan.

Ecology

On Sarigan, the species has been recorded most frequently in high-elevation native forests on the trunks of large Erythrina variegata specimens, often resting at the base of branches. On 19 May 2015 specimens were found consuming the Pandanus-fruit ejecta of the Mariana fruit bat on the leaves of a Pandanus tectorius tree. Mariana partulids have been noted to consume plant material, both living and decaying.

References

Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Partula gibba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16274A5595102. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16274A5595102.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
"Humped tree snail (Partula gibba)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
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^ Berry, Lainie (January 2016). "Partula gibba feeding on Mariana fruit bat ejecta of Pandanus sp. fruit on Sarigan, Northern Mariana Islands" (PDF). Micronesica. 1: 1–4.
Perez, Kathryn E. (February 2010). "Current Research on Land Snails and Land Snail Conservation: Leslie Hubricht Memorial Symposium on Terrestrial Gastropods". American Malacological Bulletin. 28 (1–2): 13–14. doi:10.4003/006.028.0206. ISSN 0740-2783. S2CID 85018835.

Férussac A. E. J. (1821-1822). Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques suivis d'un Prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles vivants ou fossilesPremière partie, Tableaux systématiques généraux, pp. i-xlvii. Deuxième partie, Tableaux particuliers des mollusques terrestres et fluviatiles, Classe des Gastéropodes. 1, Tableau de la famille des limaces, pp. 1–28. 2, Tableau de la famille des limaçons, pp. 1–92. 3, Tableau de la famille des auricules, pp. 93–114. . Paris: Arthus-Bertrand. page(s): 66

External links

fat-guam-partula/partula-gibba Fat Guam partula (Partula gibba) media from ARKive

Taxon identifiers
Partula gibba	Wikidata: Q2386001 Wikispecies: Partula gibba ARKive: partula-gibba BOLD: 27010 CoL: 6TSTT ECOS: 61 GBIF: 5783059 iNaturalist: 108878 ISC: 35195323 IUCN: 16274 NCBI: 149952 Open Tree of Life: 284082 WoRMS: 886789

Species of Partula

French Polynesia

Tahiti	P. affinis P. clara P. compressa‡ P. cytherea‡ P. diminuta† P. hyalina P. incrassa exigua† P. jackieburchi‡ P. laevigata‡ P. nodosa P. otaheitana P. producta†
Moorea	P. aurantia† P. mirabilis P. mooreana P. suturalis strigosa vexillum P. taeniata elongata nucleola simulans P. tohiveana
Huahine	P. arguta‡ P. rosea P. varia
Raiatea	P. atilis† P. auriculata† P. clarkei† P. crassilabris† P. cuneata† P. dentifera† callifera† candida† cedista† citrina† formosa† imperforata† P. dolichostoma† P. dolorosa† P. faba† subangulata† P. garrettii rustica† thalia† P. hebe P. labrusca† P. leptochila† P. levistriata† P. magistri† P. meyeri‡ P. navigatoria P. pearcekellyi† P. protracta† P. remota† P. tristis† P. turgida†
Tahaa	P. bilineata† P. eremita† P. planilabrum† P. sagitta† P. umbilicata†
Bora Bora and Maupiti	P. lutea†
Makatea	P. makatea†

Other locations

Marianas	P. desolata† P. gibba P. langfordi† P. lutaensis P. radiolata P. salifana†
Micronesia	P. emersoni P. guamensis† P. rufa‡
Fiji	P. leefei P. lirata
Solomons	P. cramptoni P. micans
New Guinea	P. auraniana P. similaris
Cooks	P. assimilis

† - extinct
‡ - possibly extinct

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