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Partula rosea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Superfamily
  
Partuloidea

Genus
  
Partula

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Partulidae

Scientific name
  
Partula rosea

Rank
  
Species

Partula rosea

Similar
  
Partula, Partula varia, Partula dentifera, Partula suturalis, Partula faba

Partula rosea is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Huahine, French Polynesia. It is now extinct in the wild, only existing in captivity.

Half the world's population of this snail is within one room at a zoo in the UK.

References

Partula rosea Wikipedia