{{Short description|Species of snail}} {{Speciesbox | image = Partula lutaensis (10.3897-zookeys.1037.56303) Figure 4 (cropped).jpg | taxon = Partula lutaensis | authority = Sischo & Hadfield, 2021 }}
'''''Partula lutaensis''''', the '''Rota Island tree snail''' or '''Rota Island Partula''', is a species of ''Partula'' endemic to Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands. Before it was described in 2021, it was identified as ''P. gibba''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sischo |first=David R. |date=May 17, 2021 |title=The tree snail on Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands, long identified as ''Partula gibba'' (Partulidae), is a different species |url=https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/56303/ |journal=ZooKeys|issue=1037 |pages=105–118 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.1037.56303 |doi-access=free |pmid=34054316 |pmc=8144162 |bibcode=2021ZooK.1037..105S }}</ref>
== Threats == thumb|''P. lutaensis'' depredated by ''Platydemus manokwari'' The species is threatened by invasive predators, particularly ''Platydemus manokwari''.
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lutaensis Category:Gastropods described in 2021 Category:Gastropods of Micronesia Category:Fauna of the Northern Mariana Islands
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