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.
+Partula reintroductionsSpeciesIUCN2015Tentacle 28 (2019)2016Tentacle 28 (2019)2017Tentacle 28 (2019)2018Tentacle 28 (2019)2019Tentacle 28 (2019)20232024TotalTahitiPartula affinisCR482011292401821794291408Partula hyalinaVU189071123459275Partula nodosaEW2208771,777 -2,5282,4633,36211,227MooreaPartula mirabilisEW - - -10605341164Partula mooreanaEW -592344 - - -1101,046Partula suturalis strigosaEW - - - - -62 -62Partula suturalis vexillumEW -374290171210492401,334Partula taeniata nucleolaCR -1002062012194541371,317Partula taeniata simulansCR -67 -5493601,4101,1173,503Partula tohiveanaEW -6399507667109901,5815,636HuahinePartula roseaEW - - - -1,896 - -1,896Partula variaEW - - - -522 -1,3771,899RaiateaPartula garrettiiEW -38 - - - - -38Partula hebeEW -81 - - - - -81Partula navigatoriaEW -96 - - - - -96

Species list

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

 Society Islands 

 Tahiti 

 Partula affinis
 Partula clara
 Partula compressa
 Partula cytherea
 Partula diminuta
 Partula hyalina
 Partula incrassa
 Partula incrassa exigua
 Partula incrassa incrassa
 Partula jackieburchi
 Partula laevigata
 Partula nodosa
 Partula otaheitana
 Partula producta

 Moorea 

 Partula aurantia
 Partula mirabilis
 Partula mooreana
 Partula suturalis
 Partula suturalis strigosa
 Partula suturalis suturalis
 Partula suturalis vexillum
 Partula taeniata
 Partula taeniata elongata
 Partula taeniata nucleola
 Partula taeniata simulans
 Partula taeniata taeniata
 Partula tohiveana

 Huahine 

 Partula arguta
 Partula rosea
 Partula varia

 Raiatea 
This section of the list is incomplete.

 Partula clarkei
 Partula dentifera
 Partula dentifera callifera
 Partula dentifera cedista
 Partula dentifera citrina
 Partula dentifera formosa
 Partula dentifera imperforata
 Partula dolorosa
 Partula faba
 Partula garrettii
 Partula hebe
 Partula hebe bella
 Partula labrusca
 Partula meyeri
 Partula navigatoria
 Partula tristis
 Partula turgida

 Tahaa 

 Partula bilineata
 Partula eremita
 Partula planilabrum
 Partula sagitta
 Partula umbilicata

 Bora-Bora 

 Partula lutea

 References 

Category:Gastropods