MolluscaBase taxon details
Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792)
956873 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:956873)
accepted
Species
Bulimus (Partula) amabilis L. Pfeiffer, 1846 · unaccepted
Bulimus (Partula) isabellinus L. Pfeiffer, 1846 · unaccepted
Bulimus otaheitanus Bruguière, 1792 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Partula (Partula) otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792) · alternative representation
Partula crassa Garrett, 1884 · unaccepted
Partula lignaria Pease, 1865 · unaccepted
Partula lineata R. P. Lesson, 1830 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Partula nitens L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Partula otaheitana crassa Garrett, 1884 · unaccepted
Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa Garrett, 1884 · unaccepted
Partula otaheitana var. minor Grateloup, 1840 · unaccepted
Partula otaheitana var. sinistrorsa Garrett, 1884 · unaccepted
Partula reeveana L. Pfeiffer, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Partula rubescens Reeve, 1850 · unaccepted
Partula sinistralis Garrett, 1884 · unaccepted
Partula stenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Partula turricula Pease, 1872 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Partula otaheitana affinis Pease, 1868 accepted as Partula affinis Pease, 1868
- Subspecies Partula otaheitana crassa Garrett, 1884 accepted as Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792)
- Subspecies Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa Garrett, 1884 accepted as Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792)
- Variety Partula otaheitana var. minor Grateloup, 1840 accepted as Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792)
- Variety Partula otaheitana var. sinistrorsa Garrett, 1884 accepted as Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792)
(of Bulimus otaheitanus Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 347 [details]
page(s): 347 [details]
Type locality contained in Tahiti Island
type locality contained in Tahiti Island [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Partula otaheitana (Bruguière, 1792). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=956873 on 2025-07-01
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original description
(of Partula lineata R. P. Lesson, 1830) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Chapitre XI. Mollusques, Annélides et Vers; par R.-P. Lesson. pp. 239-456 [15 Nov 1831], plates 1-16 [Mollusques 1-3, 09 Jan 1830; Mollusques 4-6, 01 May 1830; Mollusques 7, 26 May 1830; Mollusques 8-9, 25 Nov 1830; Mollusques 12, 07 Mar 1831; Mollusques 10, 25 Jul 1831; Mollusques 11, 13 Oct 1831; Mollusques 14, 16, 15 Nov 1831; Mollusques 13, 15, 22 Dec 1831]. In: Lesson R.P. 1830-1831. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, par M. Lesson. Tome Second. 1re Partie. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, Libraire-Editeur, Imprimerie de Firmin Didot.<br>link to<a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729" target="_blank">Text</a> link to <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38768370" target="_blank">Plates</a>. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663729
page(s): pl. 7 fig. 8-9 [1830]; 324 [1831] [details]
original description (of Bulimus otaheitanus Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 347 [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Partula) isabellinus L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Descriptions of twenty new species of Helicea, collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Sociey of London.</em> 14: 37-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862687
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Partula) amabilis L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Descriptions of twenty new species of Helicea, collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Sociey of London.</em> 14: 37-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862687
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Partula reeveana L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). <i>Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum</i>. Volumen tertium [Vol. 3]. Lipsiae: Brockhaus. i-viii + 711 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11646394
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Partula rubescens Reeve, 1850) Reeve, L. A. (1850). Monograph of the genus <i>Partula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 6, pl. 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2, 3, Apr. 1850; 1, 4 May 1850 [pl. 1 as “1849”]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9142094 [details]
original description (of Partula stenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of forty-seven new species of Helicea, from the collection of H. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (290): 91–101, pl. 31. London [23 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747974
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Partula turricula Pease, 1872) Pease, W. H. (1872). Descriptions of four species of land shells inhabiting the Papuan islands. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(3): 196-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918349
page(s): 196 [details]
original description (of Partula nitens L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855 ["1854"]). Descriptions of fifty-seven new species of Helicea, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(277): 286–288; 22(278): 289–298 [8 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747711
page(s): 293 [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J. (2016). <i>Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae</i>. Phelsuma Press. ISBN: 978-0-99322-033-3. [details]
page(s): pl. 7 fig. 8-9 [1830]; 324 [1831] [details]
original description (of Bulimus otaheitanus Bruguière, 1792) Bruguière, J. G. (1789-1792). <i>Encyclopédie méthodique ou par ordre de matières. Histoire naturelle des vers</i>, volume 1. Paris: Pancoucke. Pp. i-xviii, 1-344 [Livraison 32, June 1789]; 345-757 [Livraison 48, 13 Feb. 1792] [Dates after Evenhuis, 2003, <i>Zootaxa</i>, 166: 37; <i>Zootaxa</i>, 207, some modified by Evenhuis & Petit 2003 Zootaxa 207:1-4]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8892006
page(s): 347 [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Partula) isabellinus L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Descriptions of twenty new species of Helicea, collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Sociey of London.</em> 14: 37-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862687
page(s): 39 [details]
original description (of Bulimus (Partula) amabilis L. Pfeiffer, 1846) Pfeiffer, L. (1846). Descriptions of twenty new species of Helicea, collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Sociey of London.</em> 14: 37-41., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862687
page(s): 38 [details]
original description (of Partula reeveana L. Pfeiffer, 1853) Pfeiffer, L. (1853). <i>Monographia heliceorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium huius familiae generum et specierum hodie cognitarum</i>. Volumen tertium [Vol. 3]. Lipsiae: Brockhaus. i-viii + 711 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11646394
page(s): 447 [details]
original description (of Partula rubescens Reeve, 1850) Reeve, L. A. (1850). Monograph of the genus <i>Partula</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 6, pl. 1-4 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2, 3, Apr. 1850; 1, 4 May 1850 [pl. 1 as “1849”]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9142094 [details]
original description (of Partula stenostoma L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855). Descriptions of forty-seven new species of Helicea, from the collection of H. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 23 (290): 91–101, pl. 31. London [23 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747974
page(s): 97 [details]
original description (of Partula turricula Pease, 1872) Pease, W. H. (1872). Descriptions of four species of land shells inhabiting the Papuan islands. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(3): 196-197., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918349
page(s): 196 [details]
original description (of Partula nitens L. Pfeiffer, 1855) Pfeiffer, L. (1855 ["1854"]). Descriptions of fifty-seven new species of Helicea, from Mr. Cuming's collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 22(277): 286–288; 22(278): 289–298 [8 May 1855]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30747711
page(s): 293 [details]
basis of record Gerlach, J. (2016). <i>Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae</i>. Phelsuma Press. ISBN: 978-0-99322-033-3. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (49 barcodes)
To Conchology (Partula otaheitana cf.)
To Conchology (Partula otaheitana)
To Conchology (Partula otaheitana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula otaheitana crassa) (from synonym Partula otaheitana crassa Garrett, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa) (from synonym Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa Garrett, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula otaheitana)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa Garrett, 1884)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Bulimus otaheitanus Bruguière, 1792)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Partula otaheitana crassa Garrett, 1884)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
To Conchology (Partula otaheitana cf.)
To Conchology (Partula otaheitana)
To Conchology (Partula otaheitana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula otaheitana crassa) (from synonym Partula otaheitana crassa Garrett, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa) (from synonym Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa Garrett, 1884)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Partula otaheitana)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Partula otaheitana sinistrorsa Garrett, 1884)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 17 proteins) (from synonym Bulimus otaheitanus Bruguière, 1792)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 17 proteins)
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Partula otaheitana crassa Garrett, 1884)
To IUCN Red List (Endangered)
