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Partula incrassa exigua

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Moorean viviparous tree snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species:
Subspecies:
P. i. exigua
Trinomial name
Partula incrassa exigua
Crampton, 1917

Partula incrassa exigua, commonly known as the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was a subspecies of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to the island of Moorea in French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula exigua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2014.