Partula otaheitana | |
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Partula otaheitana shells | |
Conservation status | |
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | P. otaheitana |
Binomial name | |
Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792) |
Partula otaheitana is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, where it was formerly widely found in the valleys but is now restricted to the highest altitudes.
References
- ^ Coote, T. (2009). "Partula otaheitana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16321A5601670. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16321A5601670.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Proceedings, Vol. VIII (1912), p. 646
External links
partula-snail/partula-otaheitana Partula otaheitana media from ARKive
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Partula otaheitana |
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