Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Eua zebrina (Eua zebrina), recorded as Endangered
Eua zebrina (Eua zebrina). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Eua zebrina

Eua zebrina

Eua zebrina is a tree snail in the family Partulidae (order Stylommatophora), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Eua zebrina
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Stylommatophora · Partulidae · Eua

The tree snail

Partulid tree snails are Pacific island endemics. Predatory rosy wolfsnails, introduced to control other snails, emptied island after island.

These are the familiar land snails and slugs: air-breathing gastropods with a lung, not a gill.

Range and habitat

This species is endemic to American Samoa.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Partula snails graze micro-algae and fungi on leaves at night. They do not recover once a predator snail is established on the island.

Snails move on a single foot and feed with a rasping tongue. Island and spring species rarely recolonise once the site is emptied.

In crisis

The rosy wolfsnail and habitat clearing are the documented wrecking ball for Partula on Pacific islands.

Eua zebrina is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Eua zebrina — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q3320106. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Eua zebrina?
Eua zebrina is a tree snail in the family Partulidae (order Stylommatophora).
What is the conservation status of Eua zebrina?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Eua zebrina. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Eua zebrina live?
This species is endemic to American Samoa.
Why is Eua zebrina in crisis?
The rosy wolfsnail and habitat clearing are the documented wrecking ball for Partula on Pacific islands.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Eua zebrina?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Eua zebrina a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.