Partula labrusca

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA GASTROPODA STYLOMMATOPHORA PARTULIDAE

Scientific Name: Partula labrusca
Species Authority: Crampton & Cooke, 1953
Common Name/s:
English – Polynesian Tree Snail

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct     ver 3.1
Year Assessed: 2007
Assessor/s Coote, T.
Evaluator/s: Cowie, R. & Seddon, M.
Justification:
After the introduction of the carnivorous snail Euglandina rosea in the late 1980s, native partulid species began disappearing rapidly. By 1992 there were few left and no live individuals were found during surveys in 1994 and 2000 or during subsequent scientific expeditions to high altitudes. The last individual died in the breeding programme in 2002.
History:
1996 – Extinct in the Wild
1994 – Endangered (IUCN)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species was endemic to Raiatea, Society Islands.
Countries:
Regionally extinct:
French Polynesia (Society Is.)

Population [top]

Population: The species is now extinct.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The extinction of this species is attributed to predation by the introduced carnivorous snail Euglandina rosea.
Citation: Coote, T. 2007. Partula labrusca. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 February 2010.
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