Samoana diaphana

Samoana diaphana
Samoana diaphana from Mount Pihaaiateta on Tahiti.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Samoana
Species:
S. diaphana
Binomial name
Samoana diaphana
Crampton & Cooke, 1953

Samoana diaphana, one of several species also known as the Moorean viviparous tree snail or the Polynesian tree snail, is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to French Polynesia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b O'Foighil, D. & Gerlach, J. (2024). "Samoana diaphana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T19880A119136772. Retrieved 12 August 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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