Partula cytherea

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Partula cytherea
Critically endangered
Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species:
P. cytherea
Binomial name
Partula cytherea
Cooke & Crampton, 1930

Partula cytherea is an extremely rare species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Tahiti, French Polynesia.

The species was feared to be extinct, but an isolated population was located on Mt. Marau in 2005.[1]

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