{{Short description|Extinct species of gastropod}} {{Speciesbox | image = Partula lutea (MNHN-IM-2000-27659).jpeg | status = EX | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Coote, T. |date=2009 |title=''Partula lutea'' |volume=2009 |article-number=e.T16318A5601325 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16318A5601325.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Partula | species = lutea | authority = (Lesson, 1831) | synonyms = }} '''''Partula lutea''''' was a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.
This species was endemic to Bora Bora, French Polynesia. It is now extinct.<ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021" /> This was a relatively uniform species with several color forms and was originally exceedingly common on Mount Otemanu, yet was originally believed to have become extinct in the early 1990s. Evidence in the condition of recently collected shells show that ''P. lutea'' survived 10 years further than it had once been thought. Some shells have been found in lava tubes or under rocky overhangs in forests of ''Hibiscus tiliaceaus''. The species had become extinct due to predation by flatworms, ''Euglandina'', and ''Lissachatina'' species. A similar (if not conspecific) population has been discovered on Maupiti, an island near to Bora Bora, also represented by shells that may have been introduced to the island in the 19th century.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://islandbiodiversity.com/Partula2017report.pdf|title=Partula survival in 2017, a survey of the Society islands|last=Gerlach|first=Justin|date=August 2017|website=Island Biodiversity|access-date=December 28, 2018}}</ref>
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{{Taxonbar|from=Q4860211}} {{Partula species}} lutea Category:Extinct gastropods Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Gastropods described in 1831 Category:Taxa named by René Lesson Category:Extinct invertebrates since 1500
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