Eua globosa

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Fat Eua snail
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Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Eua
Species:
E. globosa
Binomial name
Eua globosa
Pilsbry & Cooke, 1934

Eua globosa is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae. It is endemic to the island of 'Eua, Tonga.

Eua globosa is the type species of the genus Eua .

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relations of Eua globosa: [2]

Partulidae

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References

  1. Gerlach, J. & O'Foighil, D. (2022). "Eua globosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2022: e.T198790A112361200. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198790A112361200.en . Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. Lee T., Burch J. B., Coote T., Pearce-Kelly P., Hickman C., Meyer J.-Y. & Foighil D. O. (18 August 2009). "Moorean tree snail survival revisited: a multi-island genealogical perspective". BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 204. doi : 10.1186/1471-2148-9-204