Samoana is a genus of tropical, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Partulidae.
Species
Species within the genus Samoana include:
- Samoana abbreviata <small>(Mousson, 1869)</small>, (short Samoan tree snail)
- Samoana alabastrina <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)</small>
- Samoana annectens <small>(Pease, 1865)</small>
- Samoana attenuata <small>(Pease, 1865)</small>
- Samoana bellula <small>(Hartman, 1885)</small>
- Samoana burchi <small>Y. Kondo, 1973</small>
- Samoana conica <small>(A. Gould, 1847)</small>
- Samoana cramptoni <small>Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1934</small>
- Samoana decussatula <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1850)</small>
- Samoana diaphana <small>(Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953)</small> (Moorean viviparous tree snail)
- Samoana dryas <small>(Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953)</small> (Raivavae tree snail)
- Samoana fragilis <small>(Férussac, 1821)</small> (fragile tree snail)
- Samoana ganymedes <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small>
- Samoana gonochila <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1847)</small>
- Samoana inflata <small>(Reeve, 1842)</small>
- Samoana margaritae <small>(Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1933)</small>
- Samoana medana <small>Y. Kondo & J. B. Burch, 1989</small>
- Samoana minuta <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)</small>
- Samoana pilsbryi <small>Gerlach, 2016</small> (Pilsbry's tree snail)
- Samoana stevensoniana <small>(Pilsbry, 1909)</small>
- Samoana thurstoni <small>(Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1930)</small>
Synonyms:
- Samoana canalis <small>(Mousson, 1865)</small>: synonym of Samoana conica <small>(A. Gould, 1847)</small>
- Samoana hamadryas <small>Crampton & Cooke, 1953</small>: synonym of Samoana dryas <small>Crampton & Cooke, 1953</small>
- Samoana jackieburchi <small>Y. Kondo, 1981</small>: synonym of Partula jackieburchi <small>(Y. Kondo, 1981)</small> (original combination)
- Samoana magdalinae <small>(Hartman, 1885)</small>: synonym of Samoana minuta <small>(Pfeiffer, 1857)</small>
- Samoana meyeri <small>(Burch, 2007)</small>: synonym of Partula meyeri <small>Burch, 2007</small>
- Samoana oreas <small>Crampton & Cooke, 1953</small>: synonym of Samoana dryas <small>Crampton & Cooke, 1953</small>
- Samoana strigata <small>(Pease, 1868)</small>: synonym of Samoana gonochila <small>(Pfeiffer, 1847)</small>
A cladogram showing the phylogenic relations of Samoana and three of its investigated species:
Description
The genus Samoana was defined by American malacologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry in Manual of Conchology in 1909:
In 1909, Pilsbry assigned six species to the genus Samoana.
References
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External links
Partulidae evolution, diversity and conservation Partula Pages