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 (Mousson, 1869), (short Samoan tree snail)

• Samoana alabastrina (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)

• Samoana annectens (Pease, 1865)

• Samoana attenuata (Pease, 1865)

• Samoana bellula (Hartman, 1885)

• Samoana burchi Y. Kondo, 1973

• Samoana conica (A. Gould, 1847)

• Samoana cramptoni Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1934

• Samoana decussatula (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)

• Samoana diaphana (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953) (Moorean viviparous tree snail)

• Samoana dryas (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953) (Raivavae tree snail)

• Samoana fragilis (Férussac, 1821) (fragile tree snail)

• Samoana ganymedes (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

• Samoana gonochila (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)

• Samoana inflata (Reeve, 1842)

• Samoana margaritae (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1933)

• Samoana medana Y. Kondo & J. B. Burch, 1989

• Samoana minuta (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)

• Samoana pilsbryi Gerlach, 2016 (Pilsbry's tree snail)

• Samoana stevensoniana (Pilsbry, 1909)

• Samoana thurstoni (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1930)

• Synonyms:

• Samoana canalis (Mousson, 1865): synonym of Samoana conica (A. Gould, 1847)

• Samoana hamadryas Crampton & Cooke, 1953: synonym of Samoana dryas Crampton & Cooke, 1953

• Samoana jackieburchi Y. Kondo, 1981: synonym of Partula jackieburchi (Y. Kondo, 1981) (original combination)

• Samoana magdalinae (Hartman, 1885): synonym of Samoana minuta (Pfeiffer, 1857)

• Samoana meyeri (Burch, 2007): synonym of Partula meyeri Burch, 2007

• Samoana oreas Crampton & Cooke, 1953: synonym of Samoana dryas Crampton & Cooke, 1953

• Samoana strigata (Pease, 1868): synonym of Samoana gonochila (Pfeiffer, 1847)

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