Partula otaheitana
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| Partula otaheitana | |
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| Partula otaheitana shells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Partulidae |
| Genus: | Partula |
| Species: | P. otaheitana |
| Binomial name | |
| Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792) | |
Partula otaheitana is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to the island of Tahiti, French Polynesia, where it was formerly widely found in the valleys[2] but is now restricted to the highest altitudes.[1]
