Partula pearcekellyi
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| Partula pearcekellyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Partulidae |
| Genus: | Partula |
| Species: | †P. pearcekellyi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Partula pearcekellyi (Gerlach, 2016) | |
†Partula pearcekellyi, also known as Pearce-Kelly's tree snail, is an extinct species of arboreal gastropod in the family Partulidae which was endemic to Raiatea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia.[2] It has been recently listed as extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in June 2024, though it most likely went extinct between 1991 and 1992.
Like many other snails of the Society Islands, its extinction can be attributed to the introduction of the rosy wolfsnail (Euglandina rosea) which invaded its only known habitat in 1990.[1][3]
Although all material consists of juvenile specimens, they all appeared to be developing an anatomical structure similar to that of Partula hebe.