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.
  • "Photographs of Samoana thurstoni (Cooke & Crampton, 1930)". Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum. Retrieved 9 March 2014.


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