Samoana decussatula

Samoana decussatula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Samoana
Species:
S. decussatula
Binomial name
Samoana decussatula

Samoana decussatula, common name the "Polynesian tree snail", is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. It has also been recorded from the neighbouring island of Tahuata, but its presence there has not been confirmed.[1]

  1. ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Samoana decussatula". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T168196A6464638. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168196A6464638.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.