Samoana fragilis

Samoana fragilis is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is known by the common name Fragile Tree snail and endemic to Guam and island Rota.

Samoana fragilis
Samoana fragilis

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
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. fragilis
Binomial name
Samoana fragilis
(Férussac, 1821)

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Samoana fragilis. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 13 April 2009.


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