Samoan Land Snails
Identification Guide (data last revised 29 June 2001)
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Samoan Land Snails
Identification Guide (data last revised 29 June 2001) |
Use this image-based identification guide to help identify Samoan land snails.
Species: Samoana conica (Gould, 1847)
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| Distribution: | 'Upolu, Tutuila. |
| Natural Range: | Samoa. |
| Status: | Endemic. |
| Habitat: | Forest. |
| Adult Size: | Height, 24-26 mm; width, 16-17 mm. |
| Identification: | Sinistral. Shell color pale. Very similar to Samoana canalis but distinguished by its pale color and by the very fine spiral sculpture, especially on the spire; Samoana canalis is brown and lacks the sculpture. |
| Remarks: | Listed as a candidate for endangered/threatened status by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1994; now listed as a "species of concern". Listed as threatened by IUCN in 1996. On Tutuila, it remains (in 1998) more common than S. abbreviata but less common than Eua zebrina. |