Partula otaheitana
Partula otaheitana is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, where it was formerly widely found in the valleys[2] but is now restricted to the highest altitudes.[1]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata clade Stylommatophora informal group Orthurethra |
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| Species: | P. otaheitana |
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| Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792) | |
References
- Coote, T. (2009). "Partula otaheitana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16321A5601670. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16321A5601670.en.
- Proceedings, Vol. VIII (1912), p. 646
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