Extinct in the Wild
Partula suturalis
Partula suturalis
Partula suturalis is a tree snail in the family Partulidae (order Stylommatophora), recorded as Extinct in the Wild.
The tree snail
Partula suturalis is a tree snail in the family Partulidae (order Stylommatophora).
Range and habitat
This species was endemic to the island of Moorea, French Polynesia.
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
It is now extinct in the wild. It was previously listed as extinct in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, but has been moved to extinct in the wild since 2009.
The rosy wolfsnail and habitat clearing are the documented wrecking ball for Partula on Pacific islands.
Partula suturalis is Extinct in the Wild 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 suturalis, Wikidata item Q2707615. 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.
