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Samoana gonochila

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Samoana gonochila
Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

informal group Orthurethra
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S. gonochila
Binomial name
Samoana gonochila

Samoana gonochila, common name the "Polynesian tree snail", is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae.

Distribution

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This species is endemic to Nuku Hiva and Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Coote, T. (2009). "Samoana strigata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. Retrieved 8 March 2014.