Partula exigua

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Moorean viviparous tree snail
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
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P. exigua
Binomial name
Partula exigua
Crampton, 1917

Partula exigua, 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 the island of Moorea in French Polynesia. It is now extinct. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Coote, T. (2009). "Partula exigua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2014.