Biology:Hirasea operculina

Hirasea operculina
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
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. 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q308375 entry