Samoana decussatula
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Partuloidea
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Species: | S. decussatula
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Samoana decussatula |
Samoana decussatula, common name the "Polynesian tree snail", is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. It has also been recorded from the neighbouring island of Tahuata, but its presence there has not been confirmed.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Samoana decussatula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T168196A6464638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168196A6464638.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
External links[]
Polynesian tree snail (Samoana decussatula) media from ARKive
Categories:
- IUCN Red List critically endangered species
- Samoana
- Fauna of French Polynesia
- Molluscs of Oceania
- Critically endangered fauna of Oceania
- Partulidae stubs