Samoan Land Snails Identification Guide

(data last revised 29 June 2001)

Use this image-based identification guide to help identify Samoan land snails.

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Species: Trochomorpha (Ludificator) apia (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1852)

Distribution:Savai'i, 'Upolu, Tutuila.
Natural Range:Samoa.
Status:Endemic.
Habitat:On ferns, shrubs and tree trunks at low and mid elevations.
Adult Size:Height, 8-10 mm; width, 16-20 mm.
Identification:Much more sharply keeled and more conical than Trochomorpha troilus.
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. Still found alive in 1998 but extremely rare and probably close to extinction.
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