Samoana attenuata

Samoana attenuata
	Samoana attenuata from Haapupuni on Tahiti
	Samoana attenuata from Moorea
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Stylommatophora
Family:	Partulidae
Genus:	Samoana
Species:	S. attenuata
Binomial name
	Samoana attenuata; (Pease, 1864)
Synonyms
	Partula attenuata; Samoana solitaria

Samoana attenuata is a

mollusc in the family Partulidae. This species is endemic to French Polynesia.^[1]

Conservation

The slender snail was widespread in Society Islands. But in the late 1980s, carnivorous Euglandina rosea was introduced into Society Islands and this led to Samoana attenuata snails disappearing quickly. Populations on Raiatea were thought to be extinct until 2006.

Presently, the species is living on Raiatea,

Moorea. Unfortunately, the species is extinct on Bora Bora.^[1]

The species was one of few species of Partulids which was native in Bora Bora.

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