Partula tohiveana, one of several species with the common name Moorean viviparous tree snail, is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to highlands on Moorea, French Polynesia.
| Moorean viviparous tree snail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Partulidae |
| Genus: | Partula |
| Species: | P. tohiveana
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| Binomial name | |
| Partula tohiveana Crampton, 1924
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In September 2024, following a reintroduction campaign by Cambridge University and several zoos across the world, "born in the wild" snails have been observed for the first time in 40 years, thus, the species is officially considered re-established. It is now critically endangered, where it had previously been extinct in the wild since the 1980s.[2]
Partula tohiveana is the first invertebrate species to successfully be re-established following an Extinct in the Wild IUCN status.[2]
References
edit- ^ Coote, T.; Gerlach, J. (2024). "Partula tohiveana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T16283A119135864. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
- ^ a b U. of Cambridge (26 September 2024). "'Extinct' snails found breeding in French Polynesia following a successful reintroduction project". Phys.org.
External links
edit- moorean-viviparous-tree-snail/partula-tohiveana Moorean viviparous tree snail (Partula tohiveana) media from ARKive
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