Partula exigua

Species of gastropod

Moorean viviparous tree snail
Conservation status

Extinct  (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. exigua
Binomial name
Partula exigua
Crampton, 1917

Partula exigua, 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 the island of Moorea in French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula exigua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2014.old-form url
Taxon identifiers
Partula exigua
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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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