Hypselostoma insularum
| Hypselostoma insularum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Pupilloidea |
| Family: | Vertiginidae |
| Subfamily: | Gastrocoptinae |
| Genus: | Hypselostoma |
| Species: | H. insularum |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypselostoma insularum Pilsbry, 1908[1] | |
Hypselostoma insularum is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.
Distribution
The type locality is Yonaguni, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.[1]
It is critically endangered and endangered species.[2]
References
- 1 2
Pilsbry H. A. (1908). "Two genera of land snails new to Japan and Korea". The Conchological magazine, Kyoto, 2(8): 39-42. - ↑ (Japanese) ラッパガイ Hypselostoma insularum. Japanese Red Data Book, accessed 21 April 2010.
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