Partula rosea

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]

Partula rosea

Extinct in the Wild  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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

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

References
  1. Coote, T. (2009). "Partula rosea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16293A5597827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16293A5597827.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. (22 February 2008). "The little snail in big trouble". The Daily Telegraph, accessed 25 February 2014.

Partula rosea media from ARKive


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