Biology:Hirasea acutissima

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Hirasea acutissima
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Hirasea
Species:
H. acutissima
Binomial name
Hirasea acutissima
Tomiyama, 1996

Hirasea acutissima is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae. The width of the shell is 2 mm. The height of the shell is 4 mm. H. acutissima is endemic to Haha-jima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, and is listed as endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. In 2007, the species was rediscovered after being considered to be extinct.[2]

References

  1. Tomiyama, K. (1996). "Hirasea acutissima". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T10171A3180148. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10171A3180148.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10171/3180148. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Chiba S., Davison A. & Mori H. (2007) "Endemic Land Snail Fauna (Mollusca) on a Remote Peninsula in the Ogasawara Archipelago, Northwestern Pacific". Pacific Science 61(2): 257–265. doi:10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[257:ELSFMO]2.0.CO;2.

Wikidata ☰ Q307674 entry