Biology:Partula turgida
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Partula turgida | |
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| Shell of a Partula turgida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Partulidae |
| Genus: | Partula |
| Species: | P. turgida
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| Binomial name | |
| Partula turgida (Pease, 1864)
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†Partula turgida was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Ra'iātea, French Polynesia. It died out in 1996, and is now extinct.[1] The snail's low rate of movement made it hard to determine the exact date of death but it was confirmed on 31 January.[2]
Partula turgida was being kept alive in captivity, when the population suffered a crash caused by the microsporidian genus Steinhausia. This is the first definitive report of an extinction of a species caused by a parasite.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coote, T. (2009). "Partula turgida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T16331A5603037. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16331A5603037.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/16331/5603037. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ "Tiny Tree Snail Finally Creeps To Extinction". Chicago Tribune. 1 February 1996. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-02-01/news/9602020105_1_snail-partula-endangered.
- ↑ Cunningham A. A.; Daszak P. (1998). "Extinction of a Species of Land Snail Due to Infection with a Microsporidian Parasite". Conservation Biology 12 (5): 1139–1141. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.97485.x.
Wikidata ☰ Q309512 entry
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