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Partula otaheitana

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Species of gastropod

Partula otaheitana
Partula otaheitana shells
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. Proceedings, Vol. VIII (1912), p. 646

External links

partula-snail/partula-otaheitana Partula otaheitana media from ARKive Edit this at Wikidata

Taxon identifiers
Partula otaheitana
Species of Partula
French Polynesia
Tahiti
Moorea
Huahine
Raiatea
Tahaa
Bora Bora and Maupiti
Makatea
Other locations
Marianas
Micronesia
Fiji
Solomons
New Guinea
Cooks
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