Samoana fragilis

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

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| name = Fragile tree snail

| image = File:Samoana fragilis (fragile tee snail) (corrected from original, flipped to show dextral chirality of shell).png

| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Mollusc Specialist Group |year=2000 |title=Samoana fragilis |page=e.T19881A9106272 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2000.RLTS.T19881A9106272.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| status2 = LE

| status2_system = ESA

| status2_ref ={{cite web|url=https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/4835|title=Fragile tree snail (Samoana fragilis)|website=Environmental Conservation Online System|publisher=U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service|access-date=20 January 2025}}

| genus = Samoana

| species = fragilis

| authority = (Férussac, 1821)

| synonyms =

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Samoana fragilis is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae. This species is known by the common name fragile tree snail and is endemic to the islands of Guam and Rota.

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