Partula dentifera

Partula dentifera
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Partula
Species:
P. dentifera
Binomial name
Partula dentifera
Pfeiffer, 1852
Synonyms
List
  • Partula callifera L. Pfeiffer, 1857
  • Partula candida H. E. Crampton, 1956
  • Partula cedista H. E. Crampton, 1956
  • Partula citrina Pease, 1866
  • Partula formosa Garrett, 1884
  • Partula imperforata Garrett, 1884

Partula dentifera is an extinct species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species was endemic to the Raiatea in the Society Islands of French Polynesia, where the last live individual was seen in 1972. It was officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature in June 2024.

Like many other snails of the Society Islands, its extinction can be attributed to the introduction of the rosy wolfsnail (Euglandina rosea)