Samoana attenuata
| Samoana attenuata | |
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| Samoana attenuata from on Tahiti | |
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| Samoana attenuata from Mount on Moorea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Partuloidea
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| Species: | S. attenuata
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| Binomial name | |
| Samoana attenuata (Pease, 1864)
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Samoana solitaria | |
Samoana attenuata is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to French Polynesia.[1]
Conservation[]
The slender snail was widespread in Society Islands. But in the late 1980s, carnivorous Euglandina rosea was introduced into Society Islands and Samoana attenuata snails disappearing quickly. Populations on Raiatea thought to be extinct until 2006. now, the species is living on Raiatea, Tahiti, and Moorea. Unfortunately, the species is extinct on Bora Bora.[1]
The species was one of few species of Partulids which was native in Bora Bora.
References[]
- ^ a b c Coote, T. (2009). "Samoana attenuata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T19884A9106605. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T19884A9106605.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
External links[]
- Polynesian tree snail (Samoana attenuata) media from ARKive
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- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Samoana
- Fauna of French Polynesia
- Molluscs of Oceania
- Critically endangered fauna of Oceania
- Taxa named by William Harper Pease
- Partulidae stubs