Partula rosea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | P. rosea
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Binomial name | |
Partula rosea Broderip, 1832
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Synonyms | |
Partula purpurascens L. Pfeiffer, 1857 (junior synonym) |
Partula rosea is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.[2]
The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm.
This species was endemic to Huahine, French Polynesia. It was extinct in the wild, only existing in captivity.[1]
Half the world's population of this snail was within one room at a zoo in the UK.[3] In 2019 the species was reintroduced to the wild on Huahine.[4]