Mount Matafao different snail

The Mount Matafao different snail, scientific name Diastole matafaoi, was a species of air-breathing land snails or semi-slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.

Mount matafao different snail
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Sigmurethra
clade limacoid clade
Superfamily:
Helicarionoidea
Family:
Helicarionidae
Genus:
Diastole
Species:
†D. matafaoi
Binomial name
†Diastole matafaoi

This species was endemic to American Samoa. It is now extinct.

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Diastole matafaoi.2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 August 2007.


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