Samoana strigata

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

Samoana strigata

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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S. strigata
Binomial name
Samoana strigata
Pease, 1868

Distribution

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

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References

  1. Coote, T. (2009). "Samoana strigata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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