Samoana gonochila

Samoana gonochila
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Samoana
Species:	S. gonochila
Binomial name
Samoana gonochila (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
Synonyms
Bulimus gonochilusPfeiffer, 1847 Partula rectaPease, 1868 Partula repandaPfeiffer, 1855 Samoana strigataPease, 1868

Samoana gonochila, common name the "Polynesian tree snail", is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae.

Distribution

This species is endemic to Nuku Hiva and Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. ^[1]

References

1. Gerlach, J.; Coote, T. (2024). "Samoana gonochila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T103162083A103162163. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T103162083A103162163.en . Retrieved 5 July 2025.