Hirasea acutissima
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | H. acutissima
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| Hirasea acutissima | |
Hirasea acutissima is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae. The width of the shell is 2 mm. The height of the shell is 4 mm. H. acutissima was endemic to Haha-jima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, and is listed as endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[2][3] The species is considered to be extinct by Chiba et al. (2007).[1]
References
- ^ a b 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:ELSFMO2.0.CO;2].
- ^ Tomiyama K. (1996). Hirasea acutissima. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 27 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
- ^ Tomiyama K. (1996). Hirasea acutissima. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 1 March 2010.