Partula taeniata | |
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Partula taeniata from Moorea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | P. taeniata
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Binomial name | |
Partula taeniata Mörch, 1850
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Partula taeniata, common name the Moorean viviparous tree snail, is a species of terrestrial gastropod in the Partulidae family. It is endemic to French Polynesia.[1]
This species was considered to be extinct in the wild, but intensive field surveys have recently detected surviving wild populations.[2]
The species is listed as Critically Endangered in the 2013 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]
Previously it was incorrectly listed as extinct in the 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species[3] and as Extinct in the wild in the 2009 IUCN Red List,[4] although two subspecies survive in captivity and one still exists in the wild.[5] This error may be the result of changing taxonomy (the subspecies were previously considered to be separate species).
In 2010, a single Partula taeniata spp. simulans was transferred to the Edinburgh Zoo; the subspecies now has several hundred individuals surviving in captivity.[6]
Listing of subspecies in the 2011 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (not up to date):