Partula

***Partula*** is a genus of land snails, constituting 75 species of arboreal land snails native to French Polynesia and neighboring islands.

Their decline and extinction is the result of failed biological control. The giant African land snail was introduced to French Polynesia as a food source, which escaped and began destroying crops. The rosy wolfsnail was subsequently introduced to eat and eradicate the giant African land snail. It instead chose to eat the many species of Partula endemic to the islands, resulting in an accidental mass extinction event within French Polynesia.

Some species were successfully saved by scientists who collected the last live individuals from French Polynesia and took them into captivity for breeding. Others have been resilient enough to survive in the wild.

## Reintroductions

_P. garrettii_ was misidentified as _P. tristis_ for some time, and _P. navigatoria_ was misidentified as _P. dentifera._
|Species|IUCN|2015|2016|2017|2018|2019|2023|2024|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|_Partula affinis_|CR|48|201|129|240|182|179|429|1408|
|_Partula hyalina_|VU|1|8|90|71|12|34|59|275|
|_Partula nodosa_|EW|220|877|1,777|-|2,528|2,463|3,362|11,227|
|_Partula mirabilis_|EW|-|-|-|10|60|53|41|164|
|_Partula mooreana_|EW|-|592|344|-|-|-|110|1,046|
|_Partula suturalis strigosa_|EW|-|-|-|-|-|62|-|62|
|_Partula suturalis vexillum_|EW|-|374|290|171|210|49|240|1,334|
|_Partula taeniata nucleola_|CR|-|100|206|201|219|454|137|1,317|
|_Partula taeniata simulans_|CR|-|67|-|549|360|1,410|1,117|3,503|
|_Partula tohiveana_|EW|-|639|950|766|710|990|1,581|5,636|
|_Partula rosea_|EW|-|-|-|-|1,896|-|-|1,896|
|_Partula varia_|EW|-|-|-|-|522|-|1,377|1,899|
|_Partula garrettii_|EW|-|38|-|-|-|-|-|38|
|_Partula hebe_|EW|-|81|-|-|-|-|-|81|
|_Partula navigatoria_|EW|-|96|-|-|-|-|-|96|

## Species list

All species of Partula within the Society Islands are listed here, sorted by island:

#### Tahiti

1. _Partula affinis_
1. _Partula clara_
1. _Partula compressa_
1. _Partula cytherea_
1. _Partula diminuta_
1. _Partula hyalina_
1. _Partula incrassa_
    1. _Partula incrassa exigua_
    1. _Partula incrassa incrassa_
1. _Partula jackieburchi_
1. _Partula laevigata_
1. _Partula nodosa_
1. _Partula otaheitana_
1. _Partula producta_

#### Moorea

1. _Partula aurantia_
1. _Partula mirabilis_
1. _Partula mooreana_
1. _Partula suturalis_
    1. _Partula suturalis strigosa_
    1. _Partula suturalis suturalis_
    1. _Partula suturalis vexillum_
1. _Partula taeniata_
    1. _Partula taeniata elongata_
    1. _Partula taeniata nucleola_
    1. _Partula taeniata simulans_
    1. _Partula taeniata taeniata_
1. _Partula tohiveana_

#### Huahine

1. _Partula arguta_
1. _Partula rosea_
1. _Partula varia_

#### Raiatea

<small>_This section of the list is incomplete._</small>

1. _Partula clarkei_
1. _Partula dentifera_
    1. _Partula dentifera callifera_
    1. _Partula dentifera cedista_
    1. _Partula dentifera citrina_
    1. _Partula dentifera formosa_
    1. _Partula dentifera imperforata_
1. _Partula dolorosa_
1. _Partula faba_
1. _Partula garrettii_
1. _Partula hebe_
    1. _Partula hebe bella_
1. _Partula labrusca_
1. _Partula meyeri_
1. _Partula navigatoria_
1. _Partula tristis_
1. _Partula turgida_

#### Tahaa

1. _Partula bilineata_
1. _Partula eremita_
1. _Partula planilabrum_
1. _Partula sagitta_
1. _Partula umbilicata_

#### Bora-Bora

1. _Partula lutea_