Partula aurantia

Partula aurantia
Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	†P. aurantia
Binomial name
†Partula aurantia Crampton, 1932^[2]

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]

References

^ ^a ^b 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

"To Save Some Species, Zoos Must Let Others Die". The New York Times. May 27, 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2014.

Species of Partula

French Polynesia

Tahiti	P. affinis P. clara P. compressa‡ P. cytherea‡ P. diminuta† P. hyalina P. incrassa exigua† P. jackieburchi‡ P. laevigata‡ P. nodosa P. otaheitana P. producta†
Moorea	† 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. clarkei† 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. magistri† 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†
Makatea	P. makatea†

Other locations

Marianas	P. desolata† P. gibba P. langfordi† P. lutaensis P. radiolata P. salifana†
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

† - extinct
‡ - possibly extinct