Partula tohiveana

Partula tohiveana, one of several species with the common name Moorean viviparous tree snail, is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to highlands on Moorea, French Polynesia.

Moorean viviparous tree snail
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Partula
Species:	P. tohiveana
Binomial name
Partula tohiveana Crampton, 1924

In September 2024, following a reintroduction campaign by Cambridge University and several zoos across the world, "born in the wild" snails have been observed for the first time in 40 years, thus, the species is officially considered re-established. It is now critically endangered, where it had previously been extinct in the wild since the 1980s.^[2]

Partula tohiveana is the first invertebrate species to successfully be re-established following an Extinct in the Wild IUCN status.^[2]