Partula exigua

Moorean viviparous tree snail
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. exigua
Binomial name
Partula exigua
Crampton, 1917

Partula exigua, common name the Moorean viviparous tree snail, 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.

The common name of this snail refers to the island of Moorea.

References

  1. ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). Partula exigua. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.