''Partula radiolata'',
common name
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the radiolate partula or Guam streaked tree snail, is a
species
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of air-breathing tropical
land snail, a
terrestrial
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pulmonate gastropod mollusk
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in the family
Partulidae
Partulidae is a family of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Pupilloidea.MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Partulidae Pilsbry, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http:/ ...
. This species is
endemic
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to
Guam
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.
References
radiolata
Fauna of Guam
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
ESA endangered species
Gastropods described in 1846
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