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Partulina

Partulina is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.

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Length
594 w
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Partulina
Partulina variabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Achatinellidae
Genus: Partulina
Pfeiffer, 18541
Synonyms
  • Achatinella (Baldwinia) Ancey, 1899
  • Achatinella (Eburnella) Pease, 1870 junior subjective synonym
  • Achatinella (Partulina) L. Pfeiffer, 1854 superseded rank
  • Eburnella Pease, 1870 superseded combination
  • Partulina (Baldwinia) Ancey, 1899 alternative representation
  • Partulina (Eburnella) Pease, 1870 alternative representation
  • Partulina (Partulina) L. Pfeiffer, 1854 alternative representation
  • Partulina (Partulinella) Hyatt, 1914 junior subjective synonym
  • Rugosella Coen, 1945 (unavailable name - no description, no type species originally designated) ·

Partulina is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.

Description

(Original description in German) The shell is typically perforated or slightly umbilicated, featuring an outer lip that is notably expanded. The columellar fold is situated high within the aperture, though it remains more or less indistinct.2

(Described in Latin as Partulina (Baldwinia) ) The shell is closely related to Partulina, but it differs in several key aspects. It is generally thinner in structure, featuring a peristome that is only slightly thickened and somewhat expanded. Most notably, it is distinguished by the complete absence of a twisted columellar fold.3

Species

Species within the genus Partulina include:

References

References

  1. Pfeiffer L. (1854). "Skizze einer Monographie der Gattung Achatinella Swains". Malakozoologische Blätter 1: 112-145. 114.
  2. Pfeiffer, L. (1854). "Skizze einer Monographie der Gattung Achatinella Swains". Malakozoologische Blätter. 1 (4): 114. Retrieved 28 April 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. Ancey, C.F. (1899). "Some notes on the non-marine molluscan fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, with diagnoses of new species". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 3 (5): 270. Retrieved 28 April 2026. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Thacker R. W. & Hadfield M. G. (August 2000) "Mitochondrial Phylogeny of Extant Hawaiian Tree Snails (Achatinellinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 16(2): 263-270. doi:10.1006/mpev.2000.0793
  • Coen, G.S. (1945). Catalogo dei gasteropodi polmonati della colezione Coen. Pont. Acad. Scient. Scripta Varia, 3: 99 pp. Civitas Vaticana.