Partula faba
| Partula faba | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Partuloidea
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| Species: | †P. faba
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| Binomial name | |
| †Partula faba (Gmelin, 1791)
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Partula faba was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Ra'iātea and Tahaa, neighbouring islands which share the same lagoon, in French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[2] The species was the first Partula to be recorded.[2]
In captivity[]
From 1991 UK zoos fought to save this species from extinction. For a while this was successful but a slow decline set in. Bristol Zoo and then Edinburgh Zoo were entrusted with the last-known colony of these snails.[3] Unfortunately, this was not a success and the last snail died in February 2016.[2]
Subspecies[]
The species contained two subspecies.
- Partula faba ssp. faba – Raiatea
- Partula faba ssp. subangulata – Tahaa
Reasons for decline[]
The introduction of the small carnivorous snail Euglandina rosea in the 1980s caused the decline of many native species of Partulidae, among them Partula faba.
References[]
- ^ Coote, T. (2009). "Partula faba". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16288A5597344. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16288A5597344.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b c "Captain Cook's bean snail Partula faba".
- ^ "Bristol Zoo hopes to save last colony of tree snail ", BBC News, April 15, 2010.
External links[]
- Partula faba media from ARKive
- Partula faba on PartulaPages
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- Partula (gastropod)
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- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin
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