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Partula rosea (Polynesian Tree Snail)

Synonyms: Partula purpurascens

Wikipedia Abstract

Partula rosea is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Huahine, French Polynesia. It is now extinct in the wild, only existing in captivity. Half the world's population of this snail is within one room at a zoo in the UK.
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Endangered Species

Status: Extinct in the wild
View IUCN Record: Partula rosea

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0