Short Samoan tree snail

The short Samoan tree snail, Samoana abbreviata, is a species of tropical, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.[2]

Short samoan tree snail
Shell of Samoana abbreviata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Partuloidea
Family:
Partulidae
Genus:
Samoana
Species:
S. abbreviata
Binomial name
Samoana abbreviata
(Mousson, 1869)
Synonyms

Partula abbreviata Mousson, 1869 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 22.6 mm.

Distribution

This species is endemic to American Samoa.[1]

References
  1. Cowie, R. (2012). "Samoana abbreviata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T19879A2536089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19879A2536089.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Samoana abbreviata (Mousson, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=888311 on 2022-04-30
  • Gerlach J. (2016). Icons of evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails of the family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press. ISBN 978-0-99322-033-3.


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