Biology:Samoana

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Samoana
A live individual of Samoana fragilis
Scientific classification e
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Pilsbry, 1909[1]
Type species
Partula canalis
Mousson, 1865
Synonyms
  • Aega Hartman, 1881
  • Evadne Hartman, 1881
  • Latia Hartman, 1881 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Latia Gray, 1850 [Latiidae])
  • Partula (Aega) Hartman, 1881 (invalid: junior homobnym of Aega Leach, 1815 [Crustacea]; Marquesana is a replacement name)
  • Partula (Evadne) Hartman, 1881 (invalid: junior homonym of Evadne Lovén, 1836 [Cnidaria]; Samoana is a replacement name)
  • Partula (Latia) Hartman, 1881 (invalid: junior homonym of Latia Gray, 1850 [Gastropoda]; Marquesana is a replacement name
  • Partula (Marquesana) Pilsbry, 1909
  • Partula (Samoana) Pilsbry, 1909 (original rank)
  • Samoana (Marquesana) Pilsbry, 1909 · alternate representation
  • Samoana (Samoana) Pilsbry, 1909 · alternate representation

Samoana is a genus of tropical, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Partulidae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Samoana include:[3][4]

Synonyms
  • Samoana canalis (Mousson, 1865): synonym of Samoana conica (A. Gould, 1847)
  • Samoana jackieburchi Y. Kondo, 1981: synonym of Partula jackieburchi (Y. Kondo, 1981) (original combination)

A cladogram showing the phylogenic relations of Samoana and three of its investigated species:[5]

Partulidae

Partula

Samoana

Samoana diaphana

Samoana burchi

Samoana attenuata

Eua

Description

The genus Samoana was defined by American malacologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry in Manual of Conchology in 1909:[1]

In 1909, Pilsbry assigned six species to the genus Samoana.[1]

References

This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[1]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pilsbry H. A. (1909). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1909) Manual of Conchology, Volume 20. Caecilioides, Clessula and Partulidae. Index to vols. XVI. - XX. (2)20: 165, 263.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Samoana Pilsbry, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884909 on 2022-04-30
  3. IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 November 2009.
  4. Gerlach, J. (2016) Icons of Evolution - Pacific island tree snails, family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press, Cambridge
  5. 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

Partulidae evolution, diversity and conservation Partula Pages

Wikidata ☰ Q7409982 entry