Hirasea chichijimana

Hirasea chichijimana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Hirasea
Species:
H. chichijimana
Binomial name
Hirasea chichijimana
Pilsbry, 1902
A laboratory photograph showing a museum specimen card with handwritten labels next to a small glass vial containing a shell sample
A specimen of Hirasea chichijimana preserved at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (RMNH.MOL.276578), collected in 1902

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

The width of the shell is 1.5 mm. The height of the shell is 3 mm. This is an endangered species.

Distribution

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

References

  1. ↑ Tomiyama, K. (1996). "Hirasea chichijimana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T10172A3180201. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10172A3180201.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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