Eua montana

Eua montana is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.

Eua montana
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:
Eua
Species:
E. montana
Binomial name
Eua montana
(Cooke & Crampton, 1930)

The following is a cladogram showing the phylogenic relations of Eua montana:[1]

Partulidae
 
 

Partula

 
 

Samoana

 
 
 
Eua
 
 
 

Eua zebrina

 
 

Eua montana

 
 
 

Eua expansa

 
 
 

Eua globosa

 
 
 
 

References
  1. Lee T., Burch J. B., Coote T., Pearce-Kelly P., Hickman C., Meyer J.-Y. & Foighil D. O. (18 August 2009). "Moorean tree snail survival revisited: a multi-island genealogical perspective". BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 204. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-204


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