Partula rosea

Partula rosea is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.^[2]

Partula rosea
Conservation status
Extinct in the Wild  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	P. rosea
Binomial name
Partula rosea Broderip, 1832
Synonyms
Partula purpurascens L. Pfeiffer, 1857 (junior synonym)

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.4 mm (0.88 in).^{[citation needed]}

Uses

A lei made of Partula rosea shells

The shell of this species was used to make lei, like Partula varia from the same island.

Distribution

This species was endemic to Huahine, French Polynesia. It was extinct in the wild, only existing in captivity.^[1]

Half the world's population of this snail was within one room at a zoo in the UK.^[3] In 2019 the species was reintroduced to the wild on Huahine.^[4]