Partula protracta Crampton, 1956
Protracted tree-snail (proposed)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1992
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. (2009). Partula protracta. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 29 August 2012.
Coote, T. 2009. Partula protracta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T16324A5602112. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16324A5602112.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.
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.
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.
Gerlach, Justin. (2016). Icons of Evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails, family Partulidae. Cambridge, U.K.: Phelsuma Press. [Description of new species] [List of synonyms]
Régnier, Claire, Fontaine, Benoît and Bouchet, Philippe. (2009). Not Knowing, Not Recording, Not Listing: Numerous Unnoticed Mollusk Extinctions. Conservation Biology 23(5): 1214-1221.