Samoana inflata

Samoana inflata
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. inflata
Binomial name
Samoana inflata
(Reeve, 1842)

Samoana inflata was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.

This species was endemic to Hiva Oa and Tahuata, in the Marquesas Islands. It is now extinct.

References

  1. Coote T. (2007) Samoana inflata. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 November 2009.


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