{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Samoana_conica_31676974.jpg | image_caption = ''Samoana conica'' | taxon = Samoana | authority = Pilsbry, 1909<ref name="Pilsbry 1909">Pilsbry 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.</ref> | type_species = ''Partula canalis'' | type_species_authority = Mousson, 1865 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = * ''Aega'' <small>Hartman, 1881</small> * ''Evadne'' <small>Hartman, 1881</small> * ''Latia'' <small>Hartman, 1881</small> (unavailable; a junior homonym of ''Latia'' <small>Gray, 1850</small> [Latiidae]) * ''Partula (Aega)'' <small>Hartman, 1881</small> (invalid: junior homobnym of ''Aega'' <small>Leach, 1815</small> [Crustacea]; ''Marquesana'' is a replacement name) * ''Partula (Evadne)'' <small>Hartman, 1881</small> (invalid: junior homonym of ''Evadne'' <small>Lovén, 1836</small> [Cnidaria]; ''Samoana'' is a replacement name) * ''Partula (Latia)'' <small>Hartman, 1881</small> (invalid: junior homonym of ''Latia'' <small>Gray, 1850</small> [Gastropoda]; ''Marquesana'' is a replacement name * ''Partula (Marquesana)'' <small>Pilsbry, 1909</small> * ''Partula (Samoana)'' <small>Pilsbry, 1909</small> (original rank) * ''Samoana (Marquesana)'' <small>Pilsbry, 1909</small> · alternate representation * ''Samoana (Samoana)'' <small>Pilsbry, 1909</small> · alternate representation | display_parents = 3 }}
'''''Samoana''''' is a genus of tropical, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs in the family Partulidae.<ref name="WoRMS">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</ref>
== Species == Species within the genus ''Samoana'' include:<ref name="WoRMS"/><ref name=Icons>[http://www.islandbiodiversity.com/crampton.htm Gerlach, J. (2016) Icons of Evolution - Pacific island tree snails, family Partulidae. Phelsuma Press, Cambridge]</ref> * ''Samoana abbreviata'' <small>(Mousson, 1869)</small>, (short Samoan tree snail) * ''Samoana alabastrina'' <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)</small> * ''Samoana annectens'' <small>(Pease, 1865)</small> * ''Samoana attenuata'' <small>(Pease, 1865)</small> * ''Samoana bellula'' <small>(Hartman, 1885)</small> * ''Samoana burchi'' <small>Y. Kondo, 1973</small> * ''Samoana conica'' <small>(A. Gould, 1847)</small> * ''Samoana cramptoni'' <small>Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1934</small> * ''Samoana decussatula'' <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1850)</small> * ''Samoana diaphana'' <small>(Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953)</small> (Moorean viviparous tree snail) * ''Samoana dryas'' <small>(Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953)</small> (Raivavae tree snail) * ''Samoana fragilis'' <small>(Férussac, 1821)</small> (fragile tree snail) * ''Samoana ganymedes'' <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1846)</small> * ''Samoana gonochila'' <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1847)</small> * ''Samoana inflata'' <small>(Reeve, 1842)</small> * ''Samoana margaritae'' <small>(Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1933)</small> * ''Samoana medana'' <small>Y. Kondo & J. B. Burch, 1989</small> * ''Samoana minuta'' <small>(L. Pfeiffer, 1857)</small> * ''Samoana pilsbryi'' <small>Gerlach, 2016</small> (Pilsbry's tree snail) * ''Samoana stevensoniana'' <small>(Pilsbry, 1909)</small> * ''Samoana thurstoni'' <small>(Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1930)</small> ;Synonyms: * ''Samoana canalis'' <small>(Mousson, 1865)</small>: synonym of ''Samoana conica'' <small>(A. Gould, 1847)</small> * ''Samoana hamadryas'' <small>Crampton & Cooke, 1953</small>: synonym of ''Samoana dryas'' <small>Crampton & Cooke, 1953</small> * ''Samoana jackieburchi'' <small>Y. Kondo, 1981</small>: synonym of ''Partula jackieburchi'' <small>(Y. Kondo, 1981)</small> (original combination) * ''Samoana magdalinae'' <small>(Hartman, 1885)</small>: synonym of ''Samoana minuta'' <small>(Pfeiffer, 1857)</small> * ''Samoana meyeri'' <small>(Burch, 2007)</small>: synonym of ''Partula meyeri'' <small>Burch, 2007</small> * ''Samoana oreas'' <small>Crampton & Cooke, 1953</small>: synonym of ''Samoana dryas'' <small>Crampton & Cooke, 1953</small> * ''Samoana strigata'' <small>(Pease, 1868)</small>: synonym of ''Samoana gonochila'' <small>(Pfeiffer, 1847)</small>
A cladogram showing the phylogenic relations of ''Samoana'' and three of its investigated species:<ref>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|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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== Description == The genus ''Samoana'' was defined by American malacologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry in ''Manual of Conchology'' in 1909:<ref name="Pilsbry 1909"/> {{cquote| 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. }}
In 1909, Pilsbry assigned six species to the genus ''Samoana''.<ref name="Pilsbry 1909"/>
== References == This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.<ref name="Pilsbry 1909"/> {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Samoana}} Partulidae evolution, diversity and conservation [http://islandbiodiversity.com/partulapages.htm Partula Pages]
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