Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Partulidae Scientific name Partula mooreana | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Partuloidea Genus Partula Rank Species | |
Similar Partula dentifera, Partula suturalis, Partula varia, Partula faba | ||
Partula mooreana, common name the Moorean viviparous tree snail, is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to French Polynesia. It is now extinct in the wild.
Original description
Partula mooreana was originally described by William Dell Hartman (1817–1899) in 1880. Hartman's original text (the type description) reads as follows:
References
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