Samoana thurstoni

Samoana thurstoni is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to American Samoa. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Samoana thurstoni
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. thurstoni
Binomial name
Samoana thurstoni
(Cooke & Crampton, 1930)

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). Samoana thurstoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.
  • "Photographs of Samoana thurstoni (Cooke & Crampton, 1930)". Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.


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