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Partula hebe is a species of partulid within the genus Partula. The species is referred to as the rose-tip partula, and is endemic to Raiatea.

Captive breeding
P. hebe is in the breeding program and ever since the last 9 individuals were brought into captivity the captive breeding for this species has been extremely successful.

Phylogeny
Phylogenetic analyses found that P. hebe is sister to the P. rosea-P. varia clade.

Taxonomy
P. hebe was originally described in Bulimus (B. hebe) before being moved to Partula.

Original description
The original description is available online here. The electronic version is erroneous and the description had to be hand-copied.