Samoana abbreviata

Short Samoan Tree Snail

Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Stylommatophora › Partulidae

Collected by: D.T. Fullaway
Date: March 8, 1930
Locality: Fagatoga; Resevoir trail; Fangetonga Village; 1/2 mi. from shore
Island: Tutuila
Region: Maoputasi County, Eastern District, American Samoa
Coordinates: -14.2831, -170.6932 ± 776 m
Record type: Preservedspecimen

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

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On March 8, 1930, D.T. Fullaway also collected 23 other specimens.

Still here: Samoana abbreviata observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1930. 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 97345. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/97345.

Record sources

Last harvested October 27, 2026