Eua globosa is a species of tropical air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Partulidae. It is endemic to the island of 'Eua, Tonga.

Fat Eua snail

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Partulidae
Genus: Eua
Species:
E. globosa
Binomial name
Eua globosa
Pilsbry & Cooke, 1934

Eua globosa is the type species of the genus Eua.

The following cladogram shows the phylogenic relations of Eua globosa:[2]

Partulidae

References edit

  1. ^ Gerlach, J. & O'Foighil, D. (2022). "Eua globosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T198790A112361200. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T198790A112361200.en. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  2. ^ Lee T., Burch J. B., Coote T., Pearce-Kelly P., Hickman C., Meyer J.-Y. & Foighil D. O. (18 August 2009). "Moorean tree snail survival revisited: a multi-island genealogical perspective". BMC Evolutionary Biology 9: 204. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-9-204