Partulina is a genus of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinellidae.

Description

(Original description in German) The shell is typically perforated or slightly umbilicated, featuring an outer lip that is notably expanded. The columellar fold is situated high within the aperture, though it remains more or less indistinct.

(Described in Latin as Partulina (Baldwinia) ) The shell is closely related to Partulina, but it differs in several key aspects. It is generally thinner in structure, featuring a peristome that is only slightly thickened and somewhat expanded. Most notably, it is distinguished by the complete absence of a twisted columellar fold.

Species

Species within the genus Partulina include:

• Partulina anceyana (D. D. Baldwin, 1895)

• Partulina aptycha L. Pfeiffer, 1855 sensu Cowie et al., 1995

• Partulina arnemanni C. M. Cooke & Y. Kondo, 1952

• Partulina confusa (Sykes, 1900)

• †Partulina crassa (Newcomb, 1854)

• Partulina dolei (D. D. Baldwin, 1895)

• Partulina dubia (Newcomb, 1853)

• Partulina dubiosa (C. B. Adams, 1851)

• Partulina dwightii (Newcomb, 1855)

• Partulina errans Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1913

• Partulina fasciata (Gulick, 1856)

• Partulina fusoidea (Newcomb, 1855): synonym of Partulina terebra fusoidea (Newcomb, 1855) (superseded rank)

• Partulina germana (Newcomb, 1854)

• Partulina grisea (Newcomb, 1854)

• Partulina hobdyi Severns, 2011

• Partulina horneri (D. D. Baldwin, 1895)

• Partulina induta (Gulick, 1856)

• Partulina kaaeana D. D. Baldwin, 1906 : synonym of Partulina induta kaaeana D. D. Baldwin, 1906 (unaccepted > superseded rank)

• Partulina kapuana J. J. Gouveia & A. Gouveia, 1920

• Partulina lignaria (Gulick, 1856)

• Partulina marmorata (A. A. Gould, 1847)

• Partulina mighelsiana (L. Pfeiffer, 1848)

• Partulina montagui Pilsbry, 1913

• Partulina mutabilis D. D. Baldwin, 1908

• Partulina nattii (Hartman, 1888)

• Partulina perdix (Reeve, 1850)

• Partulina physa (Newcomb, 1854)

• Partulina plumbea (Gulick, 1856)

• Partulina porcellana (Newcomb, 1854)

• Partulina proxima (Pease, 1862)

• Partulina puupiliensis Severns, 2011

• Partulina radiata (A. A. Gould, 1845)

• Partulina redfieldi (Newcomb, 1853)

• Partulina rufa (Newcomb, 1853)

• Partulina semicarinata (Newcomb, 1854)

• Partulina splendida (Newcomb, 1853)

• Partulina subpolita Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1912

• Partulina talpina Gulick, 1856: synonym of Partulina splendida (Newcomb, 1853)

• Partulina tappaniana (C. B. Adams, 1851)

• Partulina terebra (Newcomb, 1854)

• Partulina tessellata (Newcomb, 1853)

• Partulina thaanumiana Pilsbry, 1913

• Partulina theodorei (D. D. Baldwin, 1895)

• Partulina ustulata (Gulick, 1856)

• Partulina variabilis (Newcomb, 1854)

• Partulina virgulata (Mighels, 1845)

References

Further reading

• Thacker R. W. & Hadfield M. G. (August 2000) "Mitochondrial Phylogeny of Extant Hawaiian Tree Snails (Achatinellinae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 16(2): 263-270.

• Coen, G.S. (1945). Catalogo dei gasteropodi polmonati della colezione Coen. Pont. Acad. Scient. Scripta Varia, 3: 99 pp.Civitas Vaticana.