Samoana

Samoan Tree Snails

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Partulidae

Collected by: Kondo, Yoshio, Zimmerman, Elwood C. & Anderson, Donald; Mangarevan ExpeditionDonald AndersonDonald Anderson →Yoshio KondoKay Kondo →Mangarevan Expedition →Elwood Curtin Zimmerman →
Collector number: Bottle 865
Date: September 15, 1934
Locality: Aorai Trail
Island: Tahiti
Region: Windward Islands, French Polynesia
Coordinates: -17.6049, -149.5203 ± 7,528 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

77 Bishop specimens of Samoana · collected 1934–1968Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 15, 1934, Kondo, Yoshio, Zimmerman, Elwood C. & Anderson, Donald; Mangarevan Expedition also collected 21 other specimens.

Still here: Samoana observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1934. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 2 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2023-09-18.

2023-09-18

Îles du Vent, PF

(c) Justin Gerlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-04-11

Îles du Vent, PF

(c) Justin Gerlach, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Cite this specimen

Samoana. BPBM 137019. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/137019.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026