Blanfordia japonica

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Blanfordia japonica
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Drawing of dorsal view of Blanfordia japonica
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B. japonica
Binomial name
Blanfordia japonica
(A. Adams, 1861) [1]
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Tomichia japonica A. Adams, 1861
  • Blanfordia bensoni minor Pilsbry, 1901
  • Blanfordia pilbryana Annandale, 1924

Blanfordia japonica is a species of land snail which has an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae. [3]

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Distribution

This species is endemic to Japan. [3] The type locality is Sado. [1]

It is a Near Threatened species. [4]

Description

Drawing of apertural view of a shell. The scale is 1 mm. Blanfordia japonica shell.png
Drawing of apertural view of a shell. The scale is 1 mm.
Drawing of lateral view of a shell. The scale is 1 mm. Blanfordia japonica shell 2.png
Drawing of lateral view of a shell. The scale is 1 mm.
Blanfordia japonica on the forest floor. Blanfordia japonica 2.png
Blanfordia japonica on the forest floor.

Ecology

This species lives from coastal areas to inland forests. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Adams A. (1861). "On some new Genera and Species of Mollusca from the North of China and Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)8: 299-309. 308.
  2. Davis G. M. (1979). "The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong river Triculinae". Academy of natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph 20: 1-120. at Google books. page 117.
  3. 1 2 3 Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. doi : 10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.
  4. (in Japanese) "イツマデガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine . 日本のレッドデータ検索システム [Japanese Red List Data Book], accessed 17 July 2011.