Samoana ganymedes, common name the "Polynesian tree snail", is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to Tahuata and Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.[1]
Samoana ganymedes | |
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Samoana ganymedes, also called the Polynesian tree snail | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Partulidae |
Genus: | Samoana |
Species: | S. ganymedes
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Binomial name | |
Samoana ganymedes Pfeiffer, 1846
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References
edit- ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Samoana ganymedes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T168198A6464969. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168198A6464969.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.