Hirasea major

Hirasea major is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.

Hirasea major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Punctoidea
Family:
Endodontidae
Genus:
Hirasea
Species:
H. major
Binomial name
Hirasea major
Pilsbry, 1902

This is an endangered species.

Distribution

This species (and indeed the whole genus) is endemic to Japan.

References
  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Hirasea major". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T10180A3180621. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10180A3180621.en. Retrieved 27 December 2017.


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