Samoana diaphana
| Moorean viviparous tree snail | |
|---|---|
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| Samoana diaphana from Mount Pihaaiateta on Tahiti. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Partuloidea |
| 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 mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to French Polynesia.[1]
References
- 1 2 O'Foighil, D. (2012). "Samoana diaphana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
External links
Moorean viviparous tree snail (Samoana diaphana) media at ARKive
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