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Extinct species of gastropod

Partula dentifera

Conservation status
Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	†P. dentifera
Binomial name
†Partula dentifera Pfeiffer, 1852
Synonyms
List Partula callifera L. Pfeiffer, 1857 Partula candida H. E. Crampton, 1956 Partula cedista H. E. Crampton, 1956 Partula citrina Pease, 1866 Partula formosa Garrett, 1884 Partula imperforata Garrett, 1884

Partula dentifera is an extinct species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to the Raiatea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia, where the last live individual was seen in 1972. It was officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in June 2024.

Like many other snails of the Society Islands, its extinction can be attributed to the introduction of the rosy wolfsnail (Euglandina rosea)

Extinction

P. dentifera was last seen alive in 1972. Further surveys conducted in 1991 failed to record live individuals, but empty shells belonging to the species were found. Its extinction is attributed to the introduction of the rosy wolfsnail (Euglandina rosea), which was introduced to the island in the late 1980s.

Living individuals previously thought to be Partula dentifera were collected in 1981-1982 and bred in captivity, however, these were later found to be P. navigatoria.

The species was officially declared extinct on the 27th of June, 2024 in the IUCN Red Lists 2024-1 update.

References

^ Gerlach, J. (2024). "Partula dentifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T103142760A103142935. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". 27 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.

External links

partula-snail/partula-dentifera Partula dentifera media from ARKive

Taxon identifiers
Partula dentifera	Wikidata: Q2707610 Wikispecies: Partula dentifera ARKive: partula-dentifera CoL: 6TT62 GBIF: 5783069 iNaturalist: 108867 IUCN: 16286 NCBI: 457567 Open Tree of Life: 1016647 WoRMS: 986664

Species of Partula

French Polynesia

Tahiti	P. affinis P. clara P. compressa‡ P. cytherea‡ P. diminuta† P. hyalina P. incrassa exigua† P. jackieburchi‡ P. laevigata‡ P. nodosa P. otaheitana P. producta†
Moorea	P. aurantia† P. mirabilis P. mooreana P. suturalis strigosa vexillum P. taeniata elongata nucleola simulans P. tohiveana
Huahine	P. arguta‡ P. rosea P. varia
Raiatea	P. atilis† P. auriculata† P. clarkei† P. crassilabris† P. cuneata† P. dentifera† callifera† candida† cedista† citrina† formosa† imperforata† P. dolichostoma† P. dolorosa† P. faba† subangulata† P. garrettii rustica† thalia† P. hebe P. labrusca† P. leptochila† P. levistriata† P. magistri† P. meyeri‡ P. navigatoria P. pearcekellyi† P. protracta† P. remota† P. tristis† P. turgida†
Tahaa	P. bilineata† P. eremita† P. planilabrum† P. sagitta† P. umbilicata†
Bora Bora and Maupiti	P. lutea†
Makatea	P. makatea†

Other locations

Marianas	P. desolata† P. gibba P. langfordi† P. lutaensis P. radiolata P. salifana†
Micronesia	P. emersoni P. guamensis† P. rufa‡
Fiji	P. leefei P. lirata
Solomons	P. cramptoni P. micans
New Guinea	P. auraniana P. similaris
Cooks	P. assimilis

† - extinct
‡ - possibly extinct

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