Partula tohiveana, one of several species with the common name Moorean viviparous tree snail, is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to highlands on Moorea, French Polynesia. It is now extinct in the wild.[1]
Moorean viviparous tree snail | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | P. tohiveana
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Binomial name | |
Partula tohiveana Crampton, 1924
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References
edit- ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula tohiveana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16283A5596695. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16283A5596695.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
External links
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