# Partula varia

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Partula varia2.JPG
| image_caption = Live ''Partula varia'' at Marwell Zoo.
| image2 = PartulaVariaGlutinosa1.jpg
| image2_caption = Shell of ''Partula varia glutinosa''.
| status = EW
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Coote, T. |author2=Gerlach, J. |year=2022 |title=''Partula varia'' |article-number=e.T16295A119136043 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T16295A119136043.en}}</ref>
| genus = Partula
| species = varia
| authority = [Broderip](/source/William_John_Broderip), 1832
}}

'''''Partula varia''''' 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 is [endemic](/source/Endemism) to [Huahine](/source/Huahine), [French Polynesia](/source/French_Polynesia). It was [extinct in the wild](/source/extinct_in_the_wild).<ref name=iucn/> In 2019 the species was reintroduced to the wild on [Huahine](/source/Huahine).<ref name=Mckie>{{cite news |last=McKie  |first=robin |date=28 September 2019 |title=Precious escargot: the mission to return tiny snails to Pacific islands |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/28/return-of-native-tiny-partula-snail-key-south-pacific-wildlife |work=The Guardian |access-date=21 March 2023}} </ref>

==References==
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==External links==

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Category:Fauna of French Polynesia
varia
Category:Gastropods described in 1832
Category:Taxa named by William Broderip
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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