Partula aurantia
Appearance
Partula aurantia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | †P. aurantia
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Binomial name | |
†Partula aurantia |
Partula aurantia, 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 French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[1]
References
- ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula aurantia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16272A5594615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16272A5594615.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Crampton, H. E. (1932). "Partula aurantia". Studies on the variation, distribution and evolution of the genus Partula. The species inhabiting Moorea. Vol. 410. Carnegie Institution of Washington. pp. 1–335.
External links
- "To Save Some Species, Zoos Must Let Others Die". The New York Times. May 27, 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2014.