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Partula garretti

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA MOLLUSCA GASTROPODA STYLOMMATOPHORA PARTULIDAE

Scientific Name: Partula garretti
Species Authority: Pease, 1864
Common Name/s:
English – Polynesian Tree Snail

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Extinct ver 3.1
Year Published: 2009
Assessor/s: Coote, T.
Reviewer/s: Cowie, R. & Seddon, M.
Contributor/s:
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.

Previously, this species appeared on the IUCN Red List as Extinct in the Wild (EW), however at the time the species in the breeding programme was incorrectly identified as Partula garretti. That EW species has subsequently been reclassified as Partula tristis, and P. garretti is now confirmed as Extinct.
History:
1996 – Extinct in the Wild
1994 – Extinct (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: This species was endemic to Raiatea, Society Islands.
Countries:
Regionally extinct:
French Polynesia (Society Is.)
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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 from the introduced carnivorous snail Euglandina rosea.
Citation: Coote, T. 2009. Partula garretti. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2013.
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