Partula pearcekellyi
| Partula pearcekellyi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Partulidae |
| Genus: | Partula |
| Species: | P. pearcekellyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Partula pearcekellyi (Gerlach, 2016)
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Partula pearcekellyi is a species of arboreal gastropod in the family Partulidae.[1]
Anatomy[edit]
Although all material consists of juvenile specimens, they all appeared to be developing an anatomical structure similar to that of Partula hebe.
Distribution[edit]
P. pearcekellyi is known from six specimens collected in the Toahiva Valley, four of which were live-collected juveniles found upon low shrubs and ferns, in leaf litter, and on the stumps of dead trees. During the same collection, 1 juvenile and 26 adult P. hebe specimens were taken alive, suggesting that pearcekellyi was a "rare canopy species".
Etymology[edit]
Partula pearcekellyi was named after Paul Pearce-Kelly of the Zoological Society of London, a renowned conservationist.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Partula pearcekellyi Gerlach, 2016". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
- ^ Justin, Gerlach (2016). Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae. Cambridge. ISBN 9780993220340. OCLC 960192902.
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