Samoana

Samoana
A live individual of Samoana fragilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Infraorder: Pupilloidei
Superfamily: Pupilloidea
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Samoana
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 molluscs in the family Partulidae.[2]

  1. ^ 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