Partula otaheitana

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Partula otaheitana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species:
P. otaheitana
Binomial name
Partula otaheitana
(Bruguière, 1792)

Partula otaheitana is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, where it was formerly widely found in the valleys [2] but is now restricted to the highest altitudes. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Coote, T. (2009). "Partula otaheitana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009: e.T16321A5601670. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16321A5601670.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. Proceedings, Vol. VIII (1912), p. 646

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