Partula magistri
Appearance
Partula magistri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | †P. magistri
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Binomial name | |
†Partula magistri Gerlach, 2016
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Partula magistri was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. [2]
It was endemic to the island of Raiatea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.[1] It is known from a single shell collected in 1992, and no individuals have been found since then.[1]
The International Union for Conservation of Nature officially declared this species extinct in June 2024. Like many other snails of the Society Islands, its extinction can be attributed to the introduction of the rosy wolfsnail (Euglandina rosea).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Gerlach, J. (2024). "Partula magistri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T102425998A102426004. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ Partula magistri Gerlach, 2016. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 2024-07-03.
Further reading
- Gerlach, J. (2016). Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-99322-033-3.