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Species of gastropod

Meyer's tree snail

The holotype of Partula meyeri photographed in 2005.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	P. meyeri
Binomial name
*Partula meyeri* Burch, 2007
Synonyms
Samoana meyeri

Partula meyeri (syn. Samoana meyeri) is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of its discoverer, Jean-Yves Meyer.

Distribution and habitat

P. meyeri is known only from Mount Tefatua (also called Mount Toomaru), the highest peak on the island of Raiatea in the Society Islands, French Polynesia. The holotype and two other specimens, the only ones recorded so far, were collected in a wet gulch at about 950 metres (3,120 ft) elevation, just below the mountain summit. The three snails were observed aestivating on the leaves of montane vegetation; the typical daytime behaviour and habitat of Society Island partulids.

Description

P. meyeri has a conical spire, evenly rounded whorls, and a brown, translucent shell with whorls terminating in a large, oval aperture (2⁄3 the shell length) that has a thin, expanded peristome. The shell measures approximately 16.5 mm (0.65 in) in length and 10.5 mm (0.41 in) in width.

References

^ O'Foighil, D. (2016). "Partula meyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T198826A103160054. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T198826A103160054.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Partula meyeri J. B. Burch, 2007. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=986714 on 2021-12-12
^ Burch, John B. (2007). "A new species of land snail (Stylommatophora: Partulidae) from Raiatea, French Polynesia, Oceania" (PDF). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology (740). Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan: 1–8. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
Taehwan Lee; Jean-Yves Meyer; John B. Burch; Paul Pearce-Kelly & Diarmaid Ó Foighil (2008). "Not completely lost: two partulid tree snail species persist on the highest peak of Raiatea, French Polynesia". Oryx. 42 (4): 615–619. doi:10.1017/S0030605308001427.

Taxon identifiers
Partula meyeri	Wikidata: Q28924913 CoL: 75T5Y GBIF: 8194985 iNaturalist: 967182 IUCN: 198826 NCBI: 463172 Observation.org: 826229 Open Tree of Life: 1002019 WoRMS: 986714
Samoana meyeri	Wikidata: Q15921325 GBIF: 10960446 iNaturalist: 186956

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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