Samoana ganymedes

Samoana ganymedes
Several shells Samoana ganymedes, common name the "Polynesian tree snail," with labels in a museum case.
Samoana ganymedes, also called the Polynesian tree snail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Samoana
Species:
S. ganymedes
Binomial name
Samoana ganymedes
Pfeiffer, 1846

Samoana ganymedes, 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 Tahuata and Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.[1]

  1. ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Samoana ganymedes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T168198A6464969. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168198A6464969.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.