Samoana gonochila

Samoana gonochila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Samoana
Species:
S. gonochila
Binomial name
Samoana gonochila
Synonyms
  • Bulimus gonochilus Pfeiffer, 1847
  • Partula recta Pease, 1868
  • Partula repanda Pfeiffer, 1855
  • Samoana strigata Pease, 1868

Samoana gonochila, common name the "Polynesian tree snail", is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Nuku Hiva and Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Gerlach, J.; Coote, T. (2024). "Samoana gonochila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T103162083A103162163. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T103162083A103162163.en. Retrieved 5 July 2025.


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