Samoana gonochila

Samoana gonochila, common name the "Polynesian tree snail", is a species of tropical, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial, pulmonate, gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae.

Samoana gonochila
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Infraclass:	Euthyneura
Subterclass:	Tectipleura
Subcohort:	Panpulmonata
Superorder:	Eupulmonata
Order:	Stylommatophora
Suborder:	Helicina
Infraorder:	Pupilloidei
Superfamily:	Pupilloidea
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Samoana
Species:	S. gonochila
Binomial name
Samoana gonochila (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
Synonyms
Bulimus gonochilus Pfeiffer, 1847 Partula recta Pease, 1868 Partula repanda Pfeiffer, 1855 Samoana strigata Pease, 1868

Distribution

This species is endemic to Nuku Hiva and Ua Huka, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia.^[1]