Partula taeniata

Partula taeniata

Partula taeniata is an endangered snail species of the genus Partula. It is endemic to Moorea in the Society Islands.

Description

The cone-shaped shell of Partula taeniata reaches a length of 18 mm and a diameter of 8 mm. The housing outlet is 8 mm long and 4 mm wide. The glossy surface is rugged with transverse folds and along with tight wavy stripes. The body handling is provided with two white, brown edged stripes. The seam is flat. The housing consists of five slightly convex whorls, the body handling is about as high as the thread. The spindle has a compressed, curved fold. The mouth edge is white, extended and bent. The hermaphroditic snail gives birth to live young. They feed on microscopic plants and detritus.

Endangering

In 1974, the Rosy Wolf Snail ( Euglandina rosea) was to combat entrained Large snails introduced in French Polynesia, but little did to the land snails populations and on Moorea led to the apparent extinction of all Partula snails within a few years, so that Partula taeniata was not seen. Some copies of Partula taeniata, however, were collected and in the course of 1987, launched by the Zoological Society of London conservation breeding program in zoos from Jersey ( Channel Islands ) and Saint Louis brought (USA). Here, new generations of snails could be brought into captivity. Between 2002 and 2006, populations of Partula taeniata were rediscovered in the valleys Maatea, Haumi and Moruu who had resisted the perennial presence of the predator snail until then.