Samoana abbreviata

Short Samoan Tree Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Partulidae

Collected by: Samoan Exp.; Samoan Exp.
Date: February 16, 1926
Locality: Pago Pago Valley; 1/2 to 3/4 mi. from shore
Island: Tutuila
Region: Maoputasi County, Eastern District, American Samoa
Coordinates: -14.2794, -170.7070 ± 779 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

145 Bishop specimens of Samoana abbreviata · collected 1920–2001Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On February 16, 1926, Samoan Exp.; Samoan Exp. also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Samoana abbreviata observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1926. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1 research-grade sighting in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2018-11-26.

2018-11-26

American Samoa

(c) Ben Hayden, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Cite this specimen

Samoana abbreviata. BPBM 83556. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/83556.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026