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Partula elongata Pease, 1866

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Partula taeniata elongata Pease, 1866

 

Considered a synonym of P. taeniata by (Gerlach, 2016).

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered in 2016 (Gerlach, 2016)

IUCN RedList status: Extinct in the Wild

 

Distribution

French Polynesia

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Pease, W.H. 1866. Descriptions of new species of Partula, inhabiting the Tahitian Archipelago. Am. Journ. Conch. 2(3): 193-203.

 

Other references:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. pp. 378. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Gerlach, Justin. (2016). Icons of Evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails, family Partulidae. Cambridge, U.K.: Phelsuma Press. [Description of new species] [List of synonyms]

Mollusc Specialist Group. (1996). Partula taeniata ssp. elongata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T16346A5608321. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16346A5608321.en. Downloaded on 01 October 2016.

 

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