Samoana thurstoni

Samoana thurstoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra

Superfamily: Partuloidea
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Samoana
Species: S. thurstoni
Binomial name
Samoana thurstoni
(Cooke & Crampton, 1930)

Samoana thurstoni is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to American Samoa. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). Samoana thurstoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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