Partula aurantia

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Partula aurantia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species:
†P. aurantia
Binomial name
†Partula aurantia
Crampton, 1932 [2]

Partula aurantia, 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 French Polynesia. It is now extinct. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Coote, T. (2009). "Partula aurantia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009: e.T16272A5594615. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16272A5594615.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Crampton, H. E. (1932). "Partula aurantia". Studies on the variation, distribution and evolution of the genus Partula. The species inhabiting Moorea. Vol. 410. Carnegie Institution of Washington. pp.  1–335.
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