Samoana abbreviata

Short Samoan Tree Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Partulidae

Collected by: T.T. Dranga; T.T. Dranga
Date: April 15, 1926
Locality: Taumata; N. + N.W. slope; 1-1/4 mi. from shore
Island: Tutuila
Region: American Samoa
Coordinates: -14.2964, -170.7366 ± 709 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On April 15, 1926, T.T. Dranga; T.T. Dranga 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 85877. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/85877.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026