Partula taeniata | |
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Shell of Partula taeniata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | P. taeniata |
Binomial name | |
Partula taeniata Mörch, 1850 |
Partula taeniata, common name the Moorean viviparous tree snail, is a species of terrestrial gastropod in the Partulidae family. It is endemic to French Polynesia. [1]
This species was considered to be extinct in the wild, but intensive field surveys have recently detected surviving wild populations. [2]
The species is listed as Critically Endangered in the 2022 and 2024 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. [1]
Previously it was incorrectly listed as extinct on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species from 1988 to 1994 [1] and as Extinct in the wild in the 1996 IUCN Red List, before being corrected to Critically Endangered in 2009, [3] although two subspecies survive in captivity and one still exists in the wild. [4] This error may be the result of changing taxonomy (the subspecies were previously considered to be separate species).
In 2010, a single Partula taeniata spp. simulans was transferred to the Edinburgh Zoo; the subspecies now has several hundred individuals surviving in captivity. [5]
Listing of subspecies in the 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (not up to date):