Partula varia

Species of gastropod

Partula varia

Live Partula varia at Marwell Zoo.

Shell of Partula varia glutinosa.
Conservation status
Extinct in the Wild (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	P. varia
Binomial name
*Partula varia* Broderip, 1832

Partula varia is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to Huahine, French Polynesia. It was extinct in the wild.^[1] In 2019 the species was reintroduced to the wild on Huahine.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Coote, T. (2009). "Partula varia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T16295A5598031. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16295A5598031.en.
^ McKie, robin (28 September 2019). "Precious escargot: the mission to return tiny snails to Pacific islands". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 March 2023.

External links

partula-snail/partula-varia Partula varia media from ARKive

Species of Partula

French Polynesia

Tahiti	P. affinis P. clara P. compressa‡ P. cytherea‡ P. diminuta† P. hyalina P. incrassa exigua† P. jackieburchi‡ P. laevigata‡ P. nodosa P. otaheitana P. producta†
Moorea	P. aurantia† P. mirabilis P. mooreana P. suturalis strigosa vexillum P. taeniata elongata nucleola simulans P. tohiveana
Huahine	P. arguta‡ P. rosea P. varia
Raiatea	P. atilis† P. auriculata† P. clarkei† P. crassilabris† P. cuneata† P. dentifera† callifera† candida† cedista† citrina† formosa† imperforata† P. dolichostoma† P. dolorosa† P. faba† subangulata† P. garrettii rustica† thalia† P. hebe P. labrusca† P. leptochila† P. levistriata† P. magistri† P. meyeri‡ P. navigatoria P. pearcekellyi† P. protracta† P. remota† P. tristis† P. turgida†
Tahaa	P. bilineata† P. eremita† P. planilabrum† P. sagitta† P. umbilicata†
Bora Bora and Maupiti	P. lutea†
Makatea	P. makatea†

Other locations

Marianas	P. desolata† P. gibba P. langfordi† P. lutaensis P. radiolata P. salifana†
Micronesia	P. emersoni P. guamensis† P. rufa‡
Fiji	P. leefei P. lirata
Solomons	P. cramptoni P. micans
New Guinea	P. auraniana P. similaris
Cooks	P. assimilis

† - extinct
‡ - possibly extinct

Taxon identifiers
Partula varia	Wikidata: Q2707534 Wikispecies: Partula varia ARKive: partula-varia BOLD: 653077 CoL: 6TST2 GBIF: 5783037 iNaturalist: 108921 IUCN: 16295 NCBI: 145580 WoRMS: 957003