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Moorean Viviparous Tree Snail

Partula sp.

Notes:

I'm not really sure what is the category for a snail.

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17 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes Lars.. Now they must transferred to Others as they are not classified in Arthropods.

LarsKorb
LarsKorb 12 years ago

you have put it into the wrong category...

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes.. Snails counted in Others..!!

AlexKonig
AlexKonig 12 years ago

when you mean with category: artrophod or others. i have set my snails/slugs (arion vulgars/helix promatia) to others, because artrophod have legs even if they are invertebrates. snails are gastropods (gastropoda) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod)(... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastropoda#...)

Chaitanya
Chaitanya 12 years ago

Snails are invertebrates.

Scientific Classification
In scientific terms, snails are classified into the following hierarchy of animal groups:

•Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
•Phylum: Mollusca (Mollusks)
•Class: Gastropoda (Gastropods)
•Order: Stylommatophora (Terrestrial Snails and Slugs)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

May be extinct from original habitat. Long live world wide..

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Well, the species you say is endemic to French Polynesia and it is now extinct in the wild. I don't think is rare, it just fell from a tree here.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I think you have got very rare specie.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partula_toh...
Shell design, Antenna style, snail size all matches.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Partula tohiveana

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I have checked on net and spotting.

Carolina
Carolina 12 years ago

Thank you Ashish, I've updated it, but are you sure is that one? Because the range didn't say so.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

All snails are from Mollusca Phylum so they are invertebrates...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusca

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Moorean viviparous

MarkTaber
MarkTaber 12 years ago

For a snail, it is kind of cute.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I feel its tree snail

Carolina
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Carolina

Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia

Spotted on Jun 11, 2011
Submitted on Jun 11, 2011

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