Mount Alifan partula
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| Mount Alifan partula | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Partulidae |
| Genus: | Partula |
| Species: | †P. salifana
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| †Partula salifana Crampton, 1925
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The Mount Alifan partula, scientific name Partula salifana, was a species of air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. Its shell was described as being a rich chestnut-brown color.[2][3]
This species was endemic to southwest Guam, only known to exist on Mount Alifan and two adjacent peaks.[2] It was first discovered in 1920 by Henry Crampton, who described the species in the literature in 1925. The snail was again recorded after World War II, in 1945 by William Abbott, and in 1946 by Daniel B. Langford. However, a survey of Crampton's sites and surrounding areas in 1989 revealed empty shells but no live snails.[4] A subsequent survey in 2021 again found no live snails.[5]
See also
[edit]List of land snails of the Mariana Islands
References
[edit]- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Partula salifana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16280A5596054. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16280A5596054.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ a b Kerr, Alexander M (2013). "The partulid tree snails (Partulidae: Stylommatophora) of the Mariana Islands, Micronesia: University of Guam Marine Laboratory, Technical Report 152" (PDF). UOG.edu.
- ^ "Partula salifana Crampton, 1925". www.femorale.com. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ^ Hopper, David R.; Smith, Barry D. (1992). "Status of Tree Snails (Gastropoda: Partulidae) on Guam, with a Resurvey of Sites Studied by H. E. Crampton in 1920". Pacific Science. 46 (1). University of Hawaii Press: 77–85.
- ^ "SURVEY OF ENDANGERED TREE SNAILS ON NAVY-OWNED LAND IN GUAM". 1library.net. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
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