Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Publication Year:
1988
Publication Place
Hawaii
Physical Description:
various pagings ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 5961 [EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
20107
Legacy PEIN ID:
60021
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection|URL for internal access only
Local file URL: \\nas\IRCA\articles\acis\The-extinction-of-Partula-on-Moorea.pdf
Local file URL: \\nas\IRCA\articles\acis\The-extinction-of-Partula-on-Moorea.pdf
Subject Heading(s)
Land snails - Partula - Moorea - French Polynesia
Land mollusca - Mollusks - Moorea - Oceania
Introduced species - Land snails - Extinction of endemic land snails
Abstract
Land snails of the genus Partula from the island of Moorea in French Polynesia have for more than a century provided a natural laboratory for the study of variation, genetic polymorphism, and speciation. As a result of the intentional introduction of the predatory snail, Euglandina rosea, all the species of Partula from Moorea are now extinct in the wild. Since Euglandina is spreading rapidly on Tahiti, the demise of partula on the island also is imminent. Attempts are being made through the International Union for the Conservation of Nature for the captive breeding of those stocks that remain in the laboratory.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Publication Year:
1988
Publication Place
Hawaii
Physical Description:
various pagings ; 29 cm
Call Number
VF 5961 [EL]
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
20107
Legacy PEIN ID:
60021
General Notes
Kept in vertical file collection|URL for internal access only
Local file URL: \\nas\IRCA\articles\acis\The-extinction-of-Partula-on-Moorea.pdf
Local file URL: \\nas\IRCA\articles\acis\The-extinction-of-Partula-on-Moorea.pdf
Record Created: 19-Jan-2004
Record Modified: 18-Dec-2020