Samoana fragilis

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Fragile tree snail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Samoana
Species:
S. fragilis
Binomial name
Samoana fragilis
(Férussac, 1821)

Samoana fragilis is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae. This species is known by the common name fragile tree snail and is endemic to the islands of Guam and Rota.

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References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (2000). "Samoana fragilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2000: e.T19881A9106272. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T19881A9106272.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.