Hirasea operculina
| Hirasea operculina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Punctoidea |
| Family: | Endodontidae |
| Genus: | Hirasea |
| Species: | H. operculina |
| Binomial name | |
| Hirasea operculina | |
Hirasea operculina is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.
This is an endangered species.
Distribution
This species (and indeed the whole genus) is endemic to Japan.
References
- Tomiyama, K. 1996. Hirasea operculina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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