Partula atilis Crampton, 1956
Polynesian tree snail (generic)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1992 (Coote, 2009b)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
Distribution
Raiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Crampton, H. E. (1956). New species of land snails of the genus Partula from Raiatea. Am. Mus. Novit. 1761: 1-17.
Other references:
Coote, T. (2009a). Partula atilis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 27 July 2013.
Coote, T. (2009b). Partula atilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T16298A5598426. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16298A5598426.en. Downloaded on 27 June 2021.
Coote, T. and Loeve, E. (2003). From 61 species to five: endemic tree snails of the Society Islands, French Polynesia fall prey to an ill-judged biological control programme. Oryx 37(1): 91-96. [Abstract]
Cowie, Robert H., Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît, and Bouchet, Philippe. (2017). Measuring the Sixth Extinction: what do mollusks tell us? The Nautilus 131(1): 3-41.
Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît and Bouchet, Philippe. (2009). Not Knowing, Not Recording, Not Listing: Numerous Unnoticed Mollusk Extinctions. Conservation Biology 23(5): 1214-1221.
Richardson, C.L. 1990. Partulidae: catalog of species. Tryonia 19(i): 1-96.