Biology:Samoana gonochila

Samoana gonochila
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Samoana
Species:	S. gonochila
Binomial name
	Samoana gonochila; (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
Synonyms
	Pfeiffer, 1855 Pfeiffer, 1847 ; Pease, 1868 Partula recta ; Bulimus gonochilus Pease, 1868 ; Partula repanda Samoana strigata ;

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

Distribution

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

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Samoana gonochila

Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Samoana
Species:	S. gonochila
Binomial name
*Samoana gonochila* (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
Synonyms
Pfeiffer, 1855 Pfeiffer, 1847 Pease, 1868 Partula recta Bulimus gonochilus Pease, 1868 Partula repanda Samoana strigata