Gastrocopta chichijimana

Gastrocopta chichijimana was a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails.

Gastrocopta chichijimana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Vertiginidae
Subfamily:
Gastrocoptinae
Genus:
Gastrocopta
Species:
†G. chichijimana
Binomial name
†Gastrocopta chichijimana
Pilsbry, 1916

This snail was endemic to Japan; it is now extinct.

References
  1. Tomiyama, K. 1996. Gastrocopta chichijimana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 27 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007.


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