Hirasea sinuosa
Appearance
Hirasea sinuosa | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Species: | H. sinuosa
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Hirasea sinuosa Pilsbry, 1902
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Hirasea sinuosa is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.
This is an endangered species. The width of the shell is 6 mm. The height of the shell is 3 mm.
Distribution
This species (and indeed the whole genus) is endemic to Japan.
References
- Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. Hirasea sinuosa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- 原色日本陸産貝類図鑑 (保育社の原色図鑑 (61))