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

Endangered

Partulina physa

Partulina physa

Partulina physa is a land snail in the family Achatinellidae (order Stylommatophora), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Partulina physa
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Stylommatophora · Achatinellidae · Partulina

The land snail

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

Gastropods are snails and slugs. The animal is the soft body; the shell, when present, is grown, not worn like a stone.

Range and habitat

This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States.

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

Diet

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

Partulina physa 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 Partulina physa — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q4859602. 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.

Same genus

Photograph of Partulina dubia (Partulina dubia), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Partulina dubia

Partulina dubia
Photograph of Partulina mighelsiana (Partulina mighelsiana), recorded as EndangeredEN

Partulina mighelsiana

Partulina mighelsiana
Photograph of Partulina proxima (Partulina proxima), recorded as EndangeredEN

Partulina proxima

Partulina proxima
Photograph of Partulina redfieldi (Partulina redfieldi), recorded as EndangeredEN

Partulina redfieldi

Partulina redfieldi

Quick answers

What is Partulina physa?
Partulina physa is a land snail in the family Achatinellidae (order Stylommatophora).
What is the conservation status of Partulina physa?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Partulina physa. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Partulina physa live?
This species is endemic to Hawaii in the United States.
Why is Partulina physa in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Partulina physa?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Partulina physa a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.