taxonID	type	description	language	source
6D583946B90057479D87A83059996E69.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Shell. Shell dextral, moderately thin, ovate-conic, slightly perforate; umbilicus open; whorls moderately convex, suture adpressed; aperture ovate-elongate, slightly oblique; outer lip reflexed, thick, glossy; parietal lip glossy with light or dark coloration; color of embryonic whorls and post-embryonic whorls variable from shades of brown, buff, white and yellow with prominent white subsutural band; Measurements (N = 48 specimens from five lots in BPBM collections from Rota): height (= length) 15.98 mm, s. d. 0.75 mm; width, 10.64 mm, s. d., 0.24 mm. See Figure 4 for examples of shell color variation. Shell greatly resembles those of Partula gibba on Guam and Saipan (Crampton 1925).	en	Sischo, David R., Hadfield, Michael G. (2021): The tree snail on Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands, long identified as Partula gibba (Partulidae), is a different species. ZooKeys 1037: 105-118, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1037.56303, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1037.56303
6D583946B90057479D87A83059996E69.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific epithet Partula lutaensis recognizes Luta, the indigenous Chamorro name for the island of Rota.	en	Sischo, David R., Hadfield, Michael G. (2021): The tree snail on Rota Island, Northern Mariana Islands, long identified as Partula gibba (Partulidae), is a different species. ZooKeys 1037: 105-118, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1037.56303, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1037.56303
