Partula rosea
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Partulidae |
| Genus: | Partula |
| Species: | P. rosea
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| Binomial name | |
| Partula rosea Broderip, 1832
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Partula purpurascens L. Pfeiffer, 1857 (junior synonym) | |
Partula rosea is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.[2]
Description[]
The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm.
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Distribution[]
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.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b 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 14 November 2021.
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Partula rosea Broderip, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957016 on 2021-12-14
- ^ (22 February 2008). "The little snail in big trouble". The Daily Telegraph, accessed 25 February 2014.
- Gerlach J. (2016). Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press. ISBN 978-0-99322-033-3
External links[]
Partula rosea media from ARKive
- Broderip, W. J. (1832). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of south America and in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 124-126
- Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of fifty-eight new species of Helicea from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London. 24 (321)
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