Partula otaheitana is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, where it was formerly widely found in the valleys[2] but is now restricted to the highest altitudes.[1]
Partula otaheitana | |
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Partula otaheitana shells | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | P. otaheitana
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Binomial name | |
Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792)
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partula-snail/partula-otaheitana Partula otaheitana media from ARKive