Partula arguta

Partula arguta
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra

Superfamily: Partuloidea
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species: P. arguta
Binomial name
Partula arguta
Pease, 1866

Partula arguta 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] The last Partula arguta died in captivity in 1995.[2]

References

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Partula arguta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  2. ^ Randerson, J. (2003). End of the trail for Polynesia's star snails. New Scientist (6 April 2003). Available online.