Partula atilis

Partula atilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species:
P. atilis
Binomial name
Partula atilis
Crampton, 1956

Partula atilis was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Raʻiātea, French Polynesia, but has not been seen since the 1980s and is believed to have become extinct around 1991–1992 due to predation by the introduced rosy wolf snail (Euglandina rosea).[1] It has been listed as extinct on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List since 1994.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gerlach, J. (2022). "Partula atilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T16298A221483968. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T16298A221483968.en. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ Régnier, Claire; Fontaine, Benoit; Cowie, Robert H.; Bouchet, Philippe (2017). "Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us?". The Nautilus. 131 (1): 30. ISSN 0028-1344. LCCN sf80000648. OCLC 1759527.