{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | name = ''Partula aurantia'' | image = | status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Coote, T. |date=2009 |title=''Partula aurantia'' |volume=2009 |article-number=e.T16272A5594615 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16272A5594615.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Partula | species = aurantia | authority = Crampton, 1932<ref>{{cite book| author=Crampton, H. E.| author-link=Henry Edward Crampton| year=1932| title=Studies on the variation, distribution and evolution of the genus Partula. The species inhabiting Moorea.| url=https://archive.org/details/studiesonvariati03cramuoft| chapter=Partula aurantia| chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/studiesonvariati03cramuoft#page/54/mode/2up/| publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington|volume=410| pages=[https://archive.org/details/studiesonvariati03cramuoft/page/1 1]–335}}</ref> | synonyms = }} '''''Partula aurantia''''', common name the Moorean viviparous tree snail, was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to French Polynesia. It is now extinct.<ref name="iucn status 16 November 2021" />
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==External links== *{{cite web| title=To Save Some Species, Zoos Must Let Others Die| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/science/zoos-bitter-choice-to-save-some-species-letting-others-die.html| work=The New York Times| date=May 27, 2012| access-date=21 February 2014}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q4860451}} {{Partula species}} aurantia Category:Extinct gastropods Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Gastropods described in 1932 Category:Extinct invertebrates since 1500 Category:Taxa named by Henry Crampton
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