Samoana fragilis

Samoana fragilis is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is known by the common name Fragile Tree snail and endemic to Guam and island Rota.

Samoana fragilis
Samoana fragilis
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
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S. fragilis
Binomial name
Samoana fragilis
(Férussac, 1821)

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group 2000. Samoana fragilis. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded on 13 April 2009.


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