Samoana meyeri

Partula meyeri; (syn.Samoana meyeri)
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. meyeri
Binomial name
	Partula meyeri; Burch, 2007
Synonyms
	Samoana meyeri

Partula meyeri (syn. Samoana meyeri) is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae.[1]

Etymology

The species is named in honour of its discoverer, Jean-Yves Meyer.[2]

Distribution and habitat

P. meyeri is known only from Mount Tefatua (also called Mount Toomaru), the highest peak on the island of Raiatea in the Society Islands, French Polynesia. The holotype and two other specimens, the only ones recorded so far, were collected in a wet gulch at about 950 meters elevation, just below the mountain summit.[1][2][3] The three snails were observed aestivating on the leaves of montane vegetation; the typical daytime behaviour and habitat of Society Island partulids.[1]

Description

P. meyeri has a conical spire, evenly rounded whorls, and a brown, translucent shell with whorls terminating in a large, oval aperture (²⁄₃ the shell length) that has a thin, expanded peristome. The shell measures approximately 16.5 mm in length and 10.5 mm in width.[2]

References

O'Foighil, D. (2012). "Partula meyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Burch, John B. (2007). "A new species of land snail (Stylommatophora: Partulidae) from Raiatea, French Polynesia, Oceania" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan (740): 1–8. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
Taehwan Lee; Jean-Yves Meyer; John B. Burch; Paul Pearce-Kelly & Diarmaid Ó Foighil (2008). "Not completely lost: two partulid tree snail species persist on the highest peak of Raiatea, French Polynesia". Oryx. 42 (4): 615–619. doi:10.1017/S0030605308001427. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

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[iucn-1] O'Foighil, D. (2012). "Partula meyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[Burch-2] Burch, John B. (2007). "A new species of land snail (Stylommatophora: Partulidae) from Raiatea, French Polynesia, Oceania" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan (740): 1–8. Retrieved 9 March 2014.

[oryx-3] Taehwan Lee; Jean-Yves Meyer; John B. Burch; Paul Pearce-Kelly & Diarmaid Ó Foighil (2008). "Not completely lost: two partulid tree snail species persist on the highest peak of Raiatea, French Polynesia". Oryx. 42 (4): 615–619. doi:10.1017/S0030605308001427. Retrieved 9 March 2014.