Partula faba
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clade Heterobranchia
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P. faba
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Partula faba (Gmelin, 1791)
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Partula faba was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to Ra'iātea and Tahaa, neighbouring islands which share the same lagoon, in French Polynesia. It is now extinct.[1]
In captivity
From 1991 UK zoos fought to save this species from extinction. For a while this was successful but a slow decline set in. Bristol Zoo and then Edinburgh Zoo were entrusted with the last-known colony of these snails.[2] Unfortunately this was not a success and the last snail died in February 2016.
Reasons For Decline
The introduction of the small carnivorous snail euglandina rosea in the 1980s caused the decline of many native species of Partulidae, among them partula faba.
References
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External links
Partula faba media at ARKive {{Partula faba on PartulaPages}}
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- ↑ "Bristol Zoo hopes to save last colony of tree snail ", BBC News, April 15, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/16288/0