Hirasea profundispira

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Hirasea profundispira
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Charopidae
Genus: Hirasea
Species:
H. profundispira
Binomial name
Hirasea profundispira
Pilsbry, 1902

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

This is an endangered species.

Distribution

This species (and indeed the whole genus) is endemic to Japan.

References

  1. Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Hirasea profundispira". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T10185A3180857. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10185A3180857.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.