Partula garrettii
Species of gastropod
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Partula garrettii (Garrett's Tree Snail) is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to Ra'iātea, French Polynesia.[1]
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| Partula garrettii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Partulidae |
| Genus: | Partula |
| Species: | P. garrettii |
| Binomial name | |
| Partula garrettii Pease, 1864 | |
In 2026, it was announced that the species was successfully reintroduced to its Polynesian island by the London Zoo, the first invertebrate ever to be downlisted from extinct in the wild to critically endangered.[2][3]
Infraspecies
Partula garrettii garrettii - status unknown
Partula garrettii rustica - extinct
Partula garrettii thalia - extinct
