Samoana abbreviata Mousson, 1869
Short Samoan tree-snail
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Samoana abbreviata Pease, 1864
Conservation Status
Last record: 1940
Rediscovered in 1998
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
American Samoa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Mousson, A. (1869). Faune malacologique terrestre et fluviatile des îles Samoa, publiée d'après les envois de M. le Dr E. Graeffe. Journ. Conchyl. 17(4): 338.
Other references:
Cowie, R. (2012). Samoana abbreviata. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 25 August 2013.
Gerlach, Justin. (2016). Icons of Evolution: Pacific Island tree-snails, family Partulidae. Cambridge, U.K.: Phelsuma Press. [Description of new species] [List of synonyms]
Lee, Taehwan et al. (2014). Evolutionary history of a vanishing radiation: isolation-dependent persistence and diversification in Pacific Island partulid tree snails. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 202.