Hirasea chichijimana

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

Hirasea chichijimana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Hirasea
Species:
H. chichijimana
Binomial name
Hirasea chichijimana
Pilsbry, 1902

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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