Samoana inflata

{{Short description|Extinct species of gastropod}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

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| image = Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.265036 - Samoana inflata (Reeve, 1842) - Partulidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg

| status = EX

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |author=Coote, T. |date=2009 |title=Samoana inflata |volume=2009 |page=e.T168200A6465241 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T168200A6465241.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| extinct = 1990s or 2000s

| genus = Samoana

| species = inflata

| authority = (Reeve, 1842){{GBIF |id=5783095 |taxon=Samoana inflata |access-date=16 March 2021 }}

| synonyms =

  • Bulimus thersites L.Pfeiffer, 1842
  • ''Partula inflata Reeve, 1842

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Samoana inflata was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae.{{cite web |title=The Partulidae of French Polynesia |url=http://www.jaxshells.org/partula.htm |website=jaxshells.org}} It was endemic to Hiva Oa and Tahuata in the Marquesas Islands and went extinct in the 1990s or 2000s.

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