Partula lutea

Partula lutea
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P. lutea
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Partula lutea
(Lesson, 1831)

Partula lutea was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Bora Bora, French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[1] This was a relatively uniform species with several color forms and was originally exceedingly common on Mount Otemanu, yet was originally believed to have become extinct in the early 1990's. Evidence in the condition of recently collected shells show that P. lutea survived 10 years further than it had once been thought. Some shells have been found in lava tubes or under rocky overhangs in forests of Hibiscus tiliaceaus. The species had become extinct due to predation by flatworms, Euglandina, and Lissachatina species. A similar (if not conspecific) species has been discovered on Maupiti, an island near to Bora Bora, also represented by shells that may have been introduced to the island in the 19th century.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula lutea". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T16318A5601325. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16318A5601325.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ Gerlach, Justin (August 2017). "Partula survival in 2017, a survey of the Society islands" (PDF). Island Biodiversity. Retrieved December 28, 2018.



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