Partula otaheitana | |
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Partula otaheitana shells | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
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]