Ogasawarana ogasawarana
| Ogasawarana ogasawarana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Family: | Helicinidae |
| Genus: | Ogasawarana |
| Species: | O. ogasawarana
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| Binomial name | |
| Ogasawarana ogasawarana | |
| Synonyms | |
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Kaliella ogasawarana Pilsbry, 1902[2] | |
Ogasawarana ogasawarana is a species of land snail with an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Helicinidae, the helicinids.
Distribution[edit]
This species is endemic to Japan.
Description[edit]
Ogasawarana ogasawarana was originally described under the name Kaliella ogasawarana by American malacologist Henry Augustus Pilsbry in 1902.[2]
Pilsbry's original text (the type description) appeared in the key and it reads as follows:
Shell large for the genus, subperforate, conic, pale yellowish-corneous, subtransparent, glossy, smooth except for slight growth-lines. Spire almost straightly conic, the apex obtuse. Whorls 7½, somewhat convex, the last strongly angular at the periphery, moderately convex below. Aperture slightly curved, in crescent form, truncate at the ends; lip thin and acute, the columella concave, with narrowly reflexed margin. Alt. 5, diam. 5 mm. Hahajima, Ogasawara (Y. Hirase, No. 846).
References[edit]
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference.[2]
- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Ogasawarana ogasawarana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T15176A4499155. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T15176A4499155.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Pilsbry H. A. (1902). "New land Mollusca from Japan and the Bonin Islands". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54: 25-32.
External links[edit]
(in Japanese) http://www.biodic.go.jp/rdb_fts/before/495.html