Samoana abbreviata, the short Samoan tree snail,[1] is a species of tropical, air-breathing, land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.[2]
Samoana abbreviata | |
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Shell of Samoana abbreviata (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Infraorder: | Pupilloidei |
Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Samoana |
Species: | S. abbreviata
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Binomial name | |
Samoana abbreviata (Mousson, 1869)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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The length of the shell attains 22.6 millimetres (0.890 in).
This species is endemic to American Samoa.[1]