Partula arguta
Partula arguta | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | †P. arguta
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Binomial name | |
†Partula arguta (Pease, 1864)
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†Partula arguta was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[1] The last Partula arguta died in captivity in 1995.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula arguta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16284A5596898. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16284A5596898.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Randerson, J. (6 April 2003). "End of the trail for Polynesia's star snails". New Scientist. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
External links[]
Partula arguta media from ARKive
Categories:
- IUCN Red List extinct species
- Partula (gastropod)
- Extinct gastropods
- Taxa named by William Harper Pease
- Gastropods described in 1864
- Partulidae stubs