# Partula mooreana

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Moorean viviparous tree snail
| image =Partula mooreana marwell2.JPG
| status = EW | status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 17 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Coote, T. |date=2009 |title=''Partula mooreana'' |volume=2009 |article-number=e.T16278A5595708 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T16278A5595708.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
| taxon = Partula mooreana
| authority = [W. D. Hartman](/source/William_Dell_Hartman), 1880<ref name="Hartman">[Hartman W. D.](/source/William_Dell_Hartman) (1880). "Description of a ''Partula'' supposed to be new, from the island [Moorea](/source/Moorea)". ''[Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia](/source/Proceedings_of_the_Academy_of_Natural_Sciences_of_Philadelphia)'' [https://archive.org/details/proceedingsofacad32acad '''32''']: [https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofacad32acad#page/228/mode/2up 229].</ref>
| synonyms = 
}}

'''''Partula mooreana''''', [common name](/source/common_name) the '''Moorean viviparous tree snail''', is a [species](/source/species) of air-breathing tropical [land snail](/source/land_snail), a [terrestrial](/source/terrestrial_molluscs) [pulmonate](/source/pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the family [Partulidae](/source/Partulidae). This species was [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [French Polynesia](/source/French_Polynesia). It is now [extinct in the wild](/source/extinct_in_the_wild).

== Original description ==
''Partula mooreana'' was originally described by [William Dell Hartman](/source/William_Dell_Hartman) (1817–1899) in 1880.<ref name="Hartman"/> Hartman's original text (the type description) reads as follows:

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Partula Mooreana, Hartman.

[Shell](/source/Gastropod_shell) sinistral, ovate, elongate, thin, translucent, pale yellowish
horn-color, [apex](/source/apex_(mollusc)) darker; [whorls](/source/whorl_(mollusc)) 5, flatly convex, [body whorl](/source/body_whorl), with
or without from one to three narrow, pale, brown revolving bands;
surface smooth, with fine, oblique striations, which are decussated
by crowded waved spiral striae; a narrow white line beneath the
[suture](/source/suture_(gastropod)); [aperture](/source/aperture_(mollusc)) hearly half the length of the shell, lip white,
moderately reflected, pillar tooth oval, prominent, situated nearest
the superior angle, umbilicus open, moderately compressed.

Length 18 mill., diameter 9 mill.

Hab. — [Vaianai Valley](/source/Vaianai_Valley), Island of [Moorea](/source/Moorea) ([Andrew Garrett](/source/Andrew_Garrett_(explorer)), Esq.).

In one hundred and forty-six species and varieties of Partula
represented in my collection, this shell possesses constant and
well-marked specific characters. Mr. Garrett informs me that
fifteen hundred specimens were all sinistral and dentate. The
surface of the shell resembles ''[P. spadicea](/source/Partula_spadicea)'' and varieties from
Moorea in possessing the thickly crowded waved spiral striae.

This species is [arboreal](/source/arboreal), and is not uncommon on bushes, in
Vaianai Valley, the metropolis of ''[P. vexillum](/source/Partula_vexillum)'' Pse. = ''[P. stenostoma](/source/Partula_stenostoma)'' Ph.
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==References==
This article incorporates public domain text from reference.<ref name="Hartman"/>
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==External links==
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