Biology:Samoana attenuata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Samoana attenuata
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Samoana attenuata from Haapupuni on Tahiti
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Samoana attenuata from Mount Tohiea Belvedere on Moorea
Scientific classification
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S. attenuata
Binomial name
Samoana attenuata
(Pease, 1864)
Synonyms
Partula attenuata
Samoana solitaria

Samoana attenuata is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to French Polynesia.[1]

Conservation

The slender snail was widespread in Society Islands. But in the late 1980s, carnivorous Euglandina rosea was introduced into Society Islands and Samoana attenuata snails disappearing quickly. Populations on Raiatea thought to be extinct until 2006. now, the species is living on Raiatea, Tahiti, and Moorea. Unfortunately, the species is extinct on Bora Bora.[1]

The species was one of few species of Partulids which was native in Bora Bora.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3752417 entry