Samoana

{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}

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| image = Samoana_conica_31676974.jpg

| image_caption = Samoana conica

| taxon = Samoana

| authority = Pilsbry, 1909Pilsbry H. A. (1909). In: Tryon G. W. & Pilsbry H. A. (1909) Manual of Conchology, Volume 20. Caecilioides, Clessula and Partulidae. Index to vols. XVI. - XX. (2)20: [https://archive.org/stream/manualofconcholo20tryorich#page/164/mode/2up 165], 263.

| type_species = Partula canalis

| type_species_authority = Mousson, 1865

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| synonyms =

  • Aega Hartman, 1881
  • Evadne Hartman, 1881
  • Latia Hartman, 1881 (unavailable; a junior homonym of Latia Gray, 1850 [Latiidae])
  • Partula (Aega) Hartman, 1881 (invalid: junior homobnym of Aega Leach, 1815 [Crustacea]; Marquesana is a replacement name)
  • Partula (Evadne) Hartman, 1881 (invalid: junior homonym of Evadne Lovén, 1836 [Cnidaria]; Samoana is a replacement name)
  • Partula (Latia) Hartman, 1881 (invalid: junior homonym of Latia Gray, 1850 [Gastropoda]; Marquesana is a replacement name
  • Partula (Marquesana) Pilsbry, 1909
  • Partula (Samoana) Pilsbry, 1909 (original rank)
  • Samoana (Marquesana) Pilsbry, 1909 · alternate representation
  • Samoana (Samoana) Pilsbry, 1909 · alternate representation

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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:[http://www.islandbiodiversity.com/crampton.htm Gerlach, J. (2016) Icons of Evolution - Pacific island tree snails, family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press, Cambridge]

;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. {{doi|10.1186/1471-2148-9-204}}

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Description

The genus Samoana was defined by American malacologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry in Manual of Conchology in 1909:

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The shell is very openly umbilicate, dextral or sinistral, with flatly reflexed lip and no teeth. Type P. canalis. Samoan Is., species 53 to 58.

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In 1909, Pilsbry assigned six species to the genus Samoana.

References

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