Samoana burchi
Samoana burchi from Mount Atara on Tahiti.
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. burchi
Binomial name
Samoana burchi
Kondo, 1973

Samoana burchi is a species of land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the Partulidae family. This species is endemic to Tahiti, French Polynesia.[1]

Distribution

The species occurs in two distinct but rather fragmented montane-forest populations on Mount Aorai and Atara.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 O'Foighil, D. (2012). "Samoana burchi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T168195A1185169. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T168195A1185169.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 22 October 2019.


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