Partula rosea

Partula rosea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra

Superfamily: Partuloidea
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species: P. rosea
Binomial name
Partula rosea
Broderip, 1832

Partula rosea is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Huahine, French Polynesia. It is now extinct in the wild, only existing in captivity.[1]

Half the world's population of this snail is within one room at a zoo in the UK.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Coote, T. (2009). "Partula rosea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. (22 February 2008). "The little snail in big trouble". The Daily Telegraph, accessed 25 February 2014.

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