Partula arguta

Last updated September 15, 2025

Partula arguta

Conservation status
Critically endangered, possibly extinct (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	P. arguta
Binomial name
*Partula arguta* (Pease, 1864)

Partula arguta was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to French Polynesia. The last captive individual died on April 14, 1994,^[1] and the species is considered possibly extinct, with a 85-90% chance of being extinct.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Gerlach, J. (2022). "Partula arguta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T16284A221460920. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

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Taxon identifiers
Partula arguta	Wikidata: Q288072 ARKive: partula-arguta BOLD: 653068 CoL: 4DTZG GBIF: 5783015 iNaturalist: 108851 IUCN: 16284 NCBI: 1473157 Open Tree of Life: 4956944 WoRMS: 957018

Species of Partula

French Polynesia

Tahiti	P. affinis P. clara P. compressa ‡ P. cytherea ‡ P. diminuta † P. hyalina P. incrassa exigua † P. jackieburchi ‡ P. laevigata ‡ P. nodosa P. otaheitana P. producta †
Moorea	P. aurantia † P. mirabilis P. mooreana P. suturalis strigosa vexillum P. taeniata elongata nucleola simulans P. tohiveana
Huahine	P. arguta ‡ P. rosea P. varia
Raiatea	P. atilis † P. auriculata † P. clarkei † P. crassilabris † P. cuneata † P. dentifera † callifera † candida † cedista † citrina † formosa † imperforata † P. dolichostoma † P. dolorosa † P. faba † subangulata † P. garrettii rustica † thalia † P. hebe P. labrusca † P. leptochila † P. levistriata † P. magistri † P. meyeri ‡ P. navigatoria P. pearcekellyi † P. protracta † P. remota † P. tristis † P. turgida †
Tahaa	P. bilineata † P. eremita † P. planilabrum † P. sagitta † P. umbilicata †
Bora Bora and Maupiti	P. lutea †
Makatea	P. makatea †

Other locations

Marianas	P. desolata † P. gibba P. langfordi † P. lutaensis P. radiolata P. salifana †
Micronesia	P. emersoni P. guamensis † P. rufa ‡
Fiji	P. leefei P. lirata
Solomons	P. cramptoni P. micans
New Guinea	P. auraniana P. similaris
Cooks	P. assimilis

† - extinct
‡ - possibly extinct

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