Samoana Explained
Samoana is a genus of tropical, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Partulidae.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Samoana include:[1] [2]
- Samoana abbreviata (Mousson, 1869), (short Samoan tree snail)
- Samoana alabastrina (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Samoana annectens (Pease, 1865)
- Samoana attenuata (Pease, 1865)
- Samoana bellula (Hartman, 1885)
- Samoana burchi Y. Kondo, 1973
- Samoana conica (A. Gould, 1847)
- Samoana cramptoni Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1934
- Samoana decussatula (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
- Samoana diaphana (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953) (Moorean viviparous tree snail)
- Samoana dryas (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953) (Raivavae tree snail)
- Samoana fragilis (Férussac, 1821) (fragile tree snail)
- Samoana ganymedes (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
- Samoana gonochila (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
- Samoana inflata (Reeve, 1842)
- Samoana margaritae (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1933)
- Samoana medana Y. Kondo & J. B. Burch, 1989
- Samoana minuta (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Samoana pilsbryi Gerlach, 2016 (Pilsbry's tree snail)
- Samoana stevensoniana (Pilsbry, 1909)
- Samoana thurstoni (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1930)
- Synonyms:
- Samoana canalis (Mousson, 1865): synonym of Samoana conica (A. Gould, 1847)
- Samoana hamadryas Crampton & Cooke, 1953: synonym of Samoana dryas Crampton & Cooke, 1953
- Samoana jackieburchi Y. Kondo, 1981: synonym of Partula jackieburchi (Y. Kondo, 1981) (original combination)
- Samoana magdalinae (Hartman, 1885): synonym of Samoana minuta (Pfeiffer, 1857)
- Samoana meyeri (Burch, 2007): synonym of Partula meyeri Burch, 2007
- Samoana oreas Crampton & Cooke, 1953: synonym of Samoana dryas Crampton & Cooke, 1953
- Samoana strigata (Pease, 1868): synonym of Samoana gonochila (Pfeiffer, 1847)
A cladogram showing the phylogenic relations of Samoana and three of its investigated species:[3]
Description
The genus Samoana was defined by American malacologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry in Manual of Conchology in 1909:
In 1909, Pilsbry assigned six species to the genus Samoana.
References
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External links
Partulidae evolution, diversity and conservation Partula Pages
Notes and References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Samoana Pilsbry, 1909. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=884909 on 2022-04-30
- http://www.islandbiodiversity.com/crampton.htm Gerlach, J. (2016) Icons of Evolution - Pacific island tree snails, family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press, Cambridge
- Lee T., Burch J. B., Coote T., Pearce-Kelly P., Hickman C., Meyer J.-Y. & Foighil D. O. (18 August 2009). "Moorean tree snail survival revisited: a multi-island genealogical perspective". BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 204.
