Partula rosea

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Partula rosea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species:
P. rosea
Binomial name
Partula rosea
Broderip, 1832
Synonyms

Partula purpurascens L. Pfeiffer, 1857 (junior synonym)

Partula rosea is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.[2]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm (0.88 in).[citation needed]

File:Lei pupu kuhahiwi (Hawaiian land snail shells), Bailey House Museum.jpg
A lei made of Partula rosea shells

The shell of this species was used to make lei, like Partula varia from the same island.

Distribution

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This species was endemic to Huahine, French Polynesia. It was extinct in the wild, only existing in captivity.[1]

Half the world's population of this snail was within one room at a zoo in the UK.[3] In 2019 the species was reintroduced to the wild on Huahine.[4]

References

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  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Partula rosea Broderip, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957016 on 2021-12-14
  3. ^ (22 February 2008). "The little snail in big trouble". The Daily Telegraph, accessed 25 February 2014.
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  • Gerlach J. (2016). Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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* Broderip, W. J. (1832). New species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of south America and in the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London. 2: 124-126

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