Samoana burchi

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Samoana burchi
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Samoana burchi from Mount Atara on Tahiti.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Samoana
Species:
S. burchi
Binomial name
Samoana burchi
Kondo, 1973

Samoana burchi is a species of land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the Partulidae family. This species is endemic to Tahiti, French Polynesia. [1]

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Distribution

The species occurs in two distinct but rather fragmented montane-forest populations on Mount Aorai and Atara. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 O'Foighil, D. (2012). "Samoana burchi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2012: e.T168195A1185169. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T168195A1185169.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.