Samoana burchi

Samoana burchi
Samoana burchi from Mount Atara on Tahiti.
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Samoana
Species:	S. burchi
Binomial name
Samoana burchi Kondo, 1973

Samoana burchi is a species of land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc 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.[1]

References

1. 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.

External links

• polynesian-tree-snail/samoana-burchi Polynesian tree snail (Samoana burchi) media from ARKive