Critically Endangered
Partula affinis
Partula affinis
Partula affinis is a tree snail in the family Partulidae (order Stylommatophora), recorded as Critically Endangered.
The tree snail
Partula affinis is a tree snail in the family Partulidae (order Stylommatophora).
Range and habitat
This species' historical distribution represents almost all of Tahiti, but now its modern distribution includes only one population in Tahiti Iti, making it now considered a single valley endemic. The species is rarely referred to as the similar partula, and is endemic to Tahiti.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Breeding
Partula affinis is in the international Partula breeding program and the conservation efforts for this species have been very successful, allowing reintroductions since 2015.
In crisis
The rosy wolfsnail and habitat clearing are the documented wrecking ball for Partula on Pacific islands.
Partula affinis is Critically 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 Partula affinis, Wikidata item Q4860443. 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.
