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Polynesian Tree Snails
Partula
Partula is a genus of air-breathing tropical land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Partulidae. Many species of Partula are known under the general common names "Polynesian tree snail" and "Moorean viviparous tree snail". Partulids are distributed across 5,000 square miles (13,000 km2) of Pacific Ocean islands, from the Society Islands to New Guinea.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Radiolate Partula
speciesPartula radiolata

Rota Island Tree Snail
speciesPartula lutaensis

Ribbon Partula
speciesPartula taeniata

Fat Guam Partula
speciesPartula gibba

Futuna Tree Snail
speciesPartula obesa

White Partula
speciesPartula hyalina

Pale Partula
speciesPartula clara

Tahitian Nodular Partula
speciesPartula nodosa

Mount Tohiea Partula
speciesPartula tohiveana

Pohnpei Tree Snail
speciesPartula emersoni

Langford's Tree Snail
speciesPartula langfordi

Mount Alifan Partula
speciesPartula salifana

Forsaken Partula
speciesPartula desolata

Solomon Islands Partula
speciesPartula micans

Sutured Partula
speciesPartula suturalis

Variable Partula
speciesPartula varia

Rosy Partula
speciesPartula rosea

Captain Cook's Bean Snail
speciesPartula faba

Admiralty Islands Partula
speciesPartula grisea

Perverse Tahitian Partula
speciesPartula otaheitana

Yellow Tree Snail
speciesPartula lutea

Aphrodite's Tree Snail
speciesPartula cytherea

Auriculate Partula
speciesPartula auriculata
Partula cuneata
speciesPartula cuneata

Toothed Partula
speciesPartula dentifera

Mourned Partula
speciesPartula lugubris

Raiatea Thin-Shelled Partula
speciesPartula turgida

Clarke's Tree Snail
speciesPartula clarkei
Professors' Partula
speciesPartula magistri

Rarotonga Tree Snail
speciesPartula assimilis
Vanikoro tree snail
speciesPartula vanikorensis
Fiji Ridged Tree Snail
speciesPartula lirata

Tahiti Streaked Partula
speciesPartula diminuta

Partula incrassa
speciesPartula incrassa
Mournful Partula
speciesPartula tristis
Pearce-Kelly's Tree Snail
speciesPartula pearcekellyi
New Guinea Partula
speciesPartula similaris

Similar Partula
speciesPartula affinis
Thin-Lipped Partula
speciesPartula leptochila
Raiatea lined Partula
speciesPartula levistriata

Tahiti Banded Tree Snail
speciesPartula producta
Raiatea banded partula
speciesPartula protracta
Remote Partula
speciesPartula remota

Tahaa Banded Tree Snail
speciesPartula bilineata

Golden Partula
speciesPartula aurantia
Raiatean Slender Mountain Partula
speciesPartula dolorosa
Tahaa Hermit Partula
speciesPartula eremita
Aore Island Tree Snail
speciesPartula auraniana

Tahaa Large Tree Snail
speciesPartula planilabrum
Arrowhead Tree Snail
speciesPartula sagitta

Tahaa Squat Partula
speciesPartula umbilicata
Vinous Partula
speciesPartula labrusca
small ground partula
speciesPartula atilis

Thick-Lipped Partula
speciesPartula crassilabris
Raiatea Streaked Partula
speciesPartula dolichostoma

Crampton's Partula Tree Snail
speciesPartula cramptoni
Coote's Tree Snail
speciesPartula cootei

Rose-tipped Partula
speciesPartula hebe

Moorean Smooth Partula
speciesPartula mooreana

Garrett's Partula
speciesPartula garrettii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90863.