Samoana inflata

Samoana inflata
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. inflata
Binomial name
†Samoana inflata
(Reeve, 1842)

†Samoana inflata was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.

This species was endemic to Hiva Oa and Tahuata, in the Marquesas Islands. It is now extinct.

References

  1. ↑ Coote T. (2007) Samoana inflata. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 November 2009.


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