Partula exigua

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 the island of Moorea in French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[1]

Moorean viviparous tree snail
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

References
  1. Coote, T. (2009). "Partula exigua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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