# Samoana
> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samoana
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Samoana.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoana
> Source revision: 1356398034
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Samoana_conica_31676974.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Samoana conica](/source/Samoana_conica)''
| taxon = Samoana
| authority = [Pilsbry](/source/Henry_Augustus_Pilsbry), 1909[[Pilsbry H. A.](/source/Henry_Augustus_Pilsbry) (1909). In: [Tryon G. W.](/source/George_Washington_Tryon) & Pilsbry H. A. (1909) ''[Manual of Conchology](/source/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](/source/Albert_Mousson), 1865
| synonyms_ref =
| 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
| display_parents = 3
}}
'''''Samoana''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of tropical, air-breathing, [land snail](/source/land_snail)s, [terrestrial](/source/Terrestrial_molluscs) [pulmonate](/source/pulmonate) [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusc](/source/mollusc)s in the family [Partulidae](/source/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]]
* ''[Samoana abbreviata](/source/Samoana_abbreviata)'' (Mousson, 1869), (short Samoan tree snail)
* ''[Samoana alabastrina](/source/Samoana_alabastrina)'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''[Samoana annectens](/source/Samoana_annectens)'' (Pease, 1865)
* ''[Samoana attenuata](/source/Samoana_attenuata)'' (Pease, 1865)
* ''[Samoana bellula](/source/Samoana_bellula)'' (Hartman, 1885)
* ''[Samoana burchi](/source/Samoana_burchi)'' Y. Kondo, 1973
* ''[Samoana conica](/source/Samoana_conica)'' (A. Gould, 1847)
* ''[Samoana cramptoni](/source/Samoana_cramptoni)'' Pilsbry & C. M. Cooke, 1934
* ''[Samoana decussatula](/source/Samoana_decussatula)'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1850)
* ''[Samoana diaphana](/source/Samoana_diaphana)'' (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953) (Moorean viviparous tree snail)
* ''[Samoana dryas](/source/Samoana_dryas)'' (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1953) (Raivavae tree snail)
* ''[Samoana fragilis](/source/Samoana_fragilis)'' (Férussac, 1821) (fragile tree snail)
* ''[Samoana ganymedes](/source/Samoana_ganymedes)'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)
* ''[Samoana gonochila](/source/Samoana_gonochila)'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)
* ''[Samoana inflata](/source/Samoana_inflata)'' (Reeve, 1842)
* ''[Samoana margaritae](/source/Samoana_margaritae)'' (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1933)
* ''[Samoana medana](/source/Samoana_medana)'' Y. Kondo & J. B. Burch, 1989
* ''[Samoana minuta](/source/Samoana_minuta)'' (L. Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''[Samoana pilsbryi](/source/Samoana_pilsbryi)'' Gerlach, 2016 (Pilsbry's tree snail)
* ''[Samoana stevensoniana](/source/Samoana_stevensoniana)'' (Pilsbry, 1909)
* ''[Samoana thurstoni](/source/Samoana_thurstoni)'' (Crampton & C. M. Cooke, 1930)
;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](/source/Partula_jackieburchi)'' (Y. Kondo, 1981) (original combination)
* ''[Samoana magdalinae](/source/Samoana_magdalinae)'' (Hartman, 1885): synonym of ''Samoana minuta'' (Pfeiffer, 1857)
* ''Samoana meyeri'' (Burch, 2007): synonym of ''[Partula meyeri](/source/Partula_meyeri)'' Burch, 2007
* ''Samoana oreas'' Crampton & Cooke, 1953: synonym of ''Samoana dryas'' Crampton & Cooke, 1953
* ''[Samoana strigata](/source/Samoana_strigata)'' (Pease, 1868): synonym of ''Samoana gonochila'' (Pfeiffer, 1847)
A [cladogram](/source/cladogram) showing the phylogenic relations of ''Samoana'' and three of its investigated species:[Lee T., [Burch J. B.](/source/John_B._Burch), 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](/source/BMC_Evolutionary_Biology)'' '''9''': 204. {{doi|10.1186/1471-2148-9-204|doi-access=free}}]
{{clade
|label1=[Partulidae](/source/Partulidae)
|1={{clade
|1={{clade
|1=''[Partula](/source/Partula_(gastropod))''
|2={{clade
|label1 = '''''Samoana'''''
|1={{clade
|1={{clade
|1=''[Samoana diaphana](/source/Samoana_diaphana)''
|2=''[Samoana burchi](/source/Samoana_burchi)''
}}
|2=''[Samoana attenuata](/source/Samoana_attenuata)''
}}
}}
}}
|2=''[Eua](/source/Eua_(gastropod))''
}}
}}
== Description ==
The genus ''Samoana'' was defined by American malacologist [Henry Augustus Pilsbry](/source/Henry_Augustus_Pilsbry) in ''[Manual of Conchology](/source/Manual_of_Conchology)'' in 1909: