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Partula turgida

Species of gastropod

Partula turgida

Shell of a Partula turgida
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	†P. turgida
Binomial name
†Partula turgida (Pease, 1864)

†Partula turgida was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Ra'iātea, French Polynesia. It died out in 1996, and is now extinct.^[1] The snail's low rate of movement made it hard to determine the exact date of death but it was confirmed on 31 January.^[2]

Partula turgida was being kept alive in captivity, when the population suffered a crash caused by the microsporidian genus Steinhausia. This is the first definitive report of an extinction of a species caused by a parasite.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula turgida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16331A5603037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16331A5603037.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ "Tiny Tree Snail Finally Creeps To Extinction". Chicago Tribune. 1 February 1996.
^ Cunningham A. A. & Daszak P. (1998). "Extinction of a Species of Land Snail Due to Infection with a Microsporidian Parasite". Conservation Biology. 12 (5): 1139–1141. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.97485.x. JSTOR 2387588. S2CID 85093320.

Taxon identifiers
Partula turgida	Wikidata: Q309512 CoL: 75T4P GBIF: 5783076 iNaturalist: 108919 IUCN: 16331 NCBI: 166927 Observation.org: 826310 Open Tree of Life: 585787 WoRMS: 986712

Species of Partula

Society Islands

Tahiti	P. affinis P. clara P. cytherea† P. diminuta† P. hyalina P. incrassa exigua† P. jackieburchi† 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. 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. 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†

Other locations

Marianas	P. gibba P. langfordi P. lutaensis P. radiolata
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