Partula langfordi

Langford's Tree Snail
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	†P. langfordi
Binomial name
†Partula langfordi Kondo, 1970 [2]

Partula langfordi was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was known by the common name Langford's tree snail and endemic to the Northern Mariana Islands. It was recently declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in June of 2024. ^[1]

The species first collected by Yoshio Kondo, Albert B. Bronson, and Ramon San Nicolas in 1952, and named by Kondo in honor of the late Daniel B. Langford, who had compiled a massive collection of Pacific marine shells between 1893 and 1952. ^[3]

See also

List of land snails of the Mariana Islands

References

1. Gerlach, J. (2024). "Partula langfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T16276A119135343. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
2. Kondo, Y. (18 May 1970). "Some aspects of Mariana Islands Partulidae (Mollusca, Pulmonata)" (PDF). Occasional Papers of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. XXIV (5*): 73–90. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
3. Kondo, Yoshio (1970). "SOME ASPECTS OF MARIANA ISLANDS PARTULIDAE (Mollusca, Pulmonata)" (PDF). OCCASIONAL PAPERS of Bernice P. Bishop Museum. 24 (5). Honolulu, Hawaii: 78 – via hbs.bishopmuseum.org.