Moorean viviparous tree snail | |
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Samoana diaphana from Mount Pihaaiateta on Tahiti. | |
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. diaphana |
Binomial name | |
Samoana diaphana Crampton & Cooke, 1953 |
Samoana diaphana, one of several species also known as the Moorean viviparous tree snail or the Polynesian tree snail, is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to French Polynesia.
Moorean viviparous tree snail (Samoana diaphana) media at ARKive