Samoana is a genus of tropical, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Partulidae.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
Species Species within the genus Samoana include:Gerlach, J. (2016) Icons of Evolution - Pacific island tree snails, family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press, Cambridge 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: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.
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.
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