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Partula rosea

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA GASTROPODA STYLOMMATOPHORA PARTULIDAE

Scientific Name: Partula rosea
Species Authority: Broderip, 1832
Common Name/s:
English – Polynesian Tree Snail

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct in the Wild ver 3.1
Year Published: 2009
Assessor/s: Coote, T.
Reviewer/s: Cowie, R. & Seddon, M.
Contributor/s:
Justification:
The carnivorous snail Euglandina rosea was introduced onto the island in the early 1990s and extinctions of endemic partulid species began immediately. Individuals were collected for the ex situ breeding programme during subsequent surveys. No live individuals were found during surveys in 2000.
History:
1996 – Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1996 – Critically Endangered
1994 – Endangered (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species was endemic to Huahine, Society Islands.
Countries:
Regionally extinct:
French Polynesia (Society Is.)
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Population [top]

Population: The species no longer exists in the wild.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s): The extinction of this species in the wild is attributed to predation by the introduced carnivorous snail Euglandina rosea.
Citation: Coote, T. 2009. Partula rosea. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 June 2013.
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