Samoana attenuata

Samoana attenuata is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to French Polynesia.[1]

Samoana attenuata
Samoana attenuata from Haapupuni on Tahiti
Samoana attenuata from Mount Tohiea Belvedere on Moorea

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. attenuata
Binomial name
Samoana attenuata
(Pease, 1864)
Synonyms
Partula attenuata
Samoana solitaria

Conservation

The slender snail was widespread in Society Islands. But in the late 1980s, carnivorous Euglandina rosea was introduced into Society Islands and Samoana attenuata snails disappearing quickly. Populations on Raiatea thought to be extinct until 2006. now, the species is living on Raiatea, Tahiti, and Moorea. Unfortunately, the species is extinct on Bora Bora.[1]

The species was one of few species of Partulids which was native in Bora Bora.

References
  1. Coote T. (2009). "Samoana attenuata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T19884A9106605. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T19884A9106605.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.


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