Partula aurantia

Species of gastropod

Partula aurantia
Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species:
P. aurantia
Binomial name
Partula aurantia
Crampton, 1932[2]

Partula aurantia, common name the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula aurantia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16272A5594615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16272A5594615.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Crampton, H. E. (1932). "Partula aurantia". Studies on the variation, distribution and evolution of the genus Partula. The species inhabiting Moorea. Vol. 410. Carnegie Institution of Washington. pp. 1–335.

External links

  • "To Save Some Species, Zoos Must Let Others Die". The New York Times. May 27, 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
Taxon identifiers
Partula aurantia
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Species of Partula
Society Islands
Tahiti
Moorea
Huahine
Raiatea
Tahaa
Bora Bora and Maupiti
Other locations
Marianas
Micronesia
Fiji
  • P. leefei
  • P. lirata
Solomons
  • P. cramptoni
  • P. micans
New Guinea
  • P. auraniana
  • P. similaris
Cooks
  • P. assimilis
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