| Blanfordia simplex | |
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| A pair of Blanfordia simplex mating on the forest floor. | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Rissooidea |
| Family: | Pomatiopsidae |
| Subfamily: | Pomatiopsinae |
| Genus: | Blanfordia |
| Species: | B. simplex |
| Binomial name | |
| Blanfordia simplex Pilsbry, 1902[2] |
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| Synonyms[3] | |
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Blanfordia japonica var. simplex Pilsbry, 1902 |
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Blanfordia simplex is a species of land snail that has an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[4]
Henry Augustus Pilsbry described it as Blanfordia japonica var. simplex in 1902.[2] He has elevated this taxon to specific level in 1903.[5]
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This species is endemic to Japan.[4] It occurs widely along the Sea of Japan.[4] The type locality is Nishigo, Uzen Province, Honshu.[2]
It is a Near Threatened species.[1]
Blanfordia simplex has a shell with 4.1-5.1 whorls.[3] Pilsbry (1902)[2] described the first whorl to be more or less worn.[2] The color of the shell is yellowish-olivaceous.[2] It has the lip hardly visible, only a mere trifle expanded.[2]
The width of the shell is 3.7-4.2 mm.[3] The height of the shell is 5.9-6.9 mm.[3]
The shell of Blanfordia simplex is shorter and broader than that of Blanfordia bensoni.[2]
This species lives on coastal dunes and in littoral forests.[4]
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