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Samoana diaphana

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Moorean viviparous tree snail
Samoana diaphana from Mount Pihaaiateta on Tahiti.
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
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S. diaphana
Binomial name
Samoana diaphana
Crampton & Cooke, 1953

Samoana diaphana, one of several species also known as the Moorean viviparous tree snail or the Polynesian tree snail, is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to French Polynesia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b O'Foighil, D. (2012). "Samoana diaphana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. IUCN: e.T19880A2537615. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T19880A2537615.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

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