Partula atilis

Partula atilis
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. atilis
Binomial name
Partula atilis
Crampton, 1956

Partula atilis was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Raiatea, French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[1]

Description

The small snail lived on the ground, unlike most Partula species.

References

  1. 1 2 Coote, T. (2009). "Partula atilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 21 February 2014.


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