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Partula rosea

Species of gastropod

Partula rosea

Conservation status
Extinct in the Wild (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
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

The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm.

Distribution

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

^ ^a ^b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula rosea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16293A5597827. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16293A5597827.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
^ 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
^ (22 February 2008). "The little snail in big trouble". The Daily Telegraph, accessed 25 February 2014.
^ McKie, robin (28 September 2019). "Precious escargot: the mission to return tiny snails to Pacific islands". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

Gerlach J. (2016). Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press. ISBN 978-0-99322-033-3

External links

partula-snail/partula-rosea Partula rosea media from ARKive

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
Pfeiffer, L. (1857). Descriptions of fifty-eight new species of Helicea from the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London. 24 (321)

Taxon identifiers
Partula rosea	Wikidata: Q2704362 Wikispecies: Partula rosea ARKive: partula-rosea BOLD: 653074 CoL: 764SJ EoL: 4925263 GBIF: 5783060 iNaturalist: 108908 IUCN: 16293 NCBI: 149959 Open Tree of Life: 284089 WoRMS: 957016

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Species of Partula

Society Islands

Tahiti	P. affinis P. clara P. cytherea† P. diminuta† P. hyalina P. incrassa exigua† P. jackieburchi† P. nodosa P. otaheitana P. producta†
Moorea	P. aurantia† P. mirabilis P. mooreana P. suturalis strigosa vexillum P. taeniata elongata nucleola simulans P. tohiveana
Huahine	P. arguta‡ P. rosea P. varia
Raiatea	P. atilis† P. auriculata† P. crassilabris† P. cuneata† P. dentifera† callifera† candida† cedista† citrina† formosa† imperforata† P. dolichostoma† P. dolorosa† P. faba† subangulata† P. garrettii rustica† thalia† P. hebe P. labrusca† P. leptochila† P. levistriata† P. meyeri P. navigatoria P. pearcekellyi P. protracta† P. remota† P. tristis† P. turgida†
Tahaa	P. bilineata† P. eremita† P. planilabrum† P. sagitta† P. umbilicata†
Bora Bora and Maupiti	P. lutea†

Other locations

Marianas	P. gibba P. langfordi P. lutaensis P. radiolata
Micronesia	P. emersoni P. guamensis‡ P. rufa
Fiji	P. leefei P. lirata
Solomons	P. cramptoni⹋ P. micans
New Guinea	P. auraniana P. similaris⹋
Cooks	P. assimilis