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]
| Partula aurantia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Partulidae |
| Genus: | Partula |
| Species: | †P. aurantia |
| Binomial name | |
| †Partula aurantia | |
References
edit- 1 2 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
edit- "To Save Some Species, Zoos Must Let Others Die". The New York Times. May 27, 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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