Partula_pearcekellyi
Partula pearcekellyi
Species of arboreal gastropod
Partula pearcekellyi is a species of arboreal gastropod in the family Partulidae.[1]
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Partula pearcekellyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Partula |
Species: | P. pearcekellyi |
Binomial name | |
Partula pearcekellyi (Gerlach, 2016) | |
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Although all material consists of juvenile specimens, they all appeared to be developing an anatomical structure similar to that of Partula hebe.
P. pearcekellyi is known from six specimens collected in the Toahiva Valley, four of which were live-collected juveniles found upon low shrubs and ferns, in leaf litter, and on the stumps of dead trees. During the same collection, 1 juvenile and 26 adult P. hebe specimens were taken alive, suggesting that pearcekellyi was a "rare canopy species".
Partula pearcekellyi was named after Paul Pearce-Kelly of the Zoological Society of London, a renowned conservationist.[2]
- "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Partula pearcekellyi Gerlach, 2016". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-12-28.