Hirasea major

Hirasea major
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra

Superfamily: Punctoidea
Family: Endodontidae
Genus: Hirasea
Species: H. major
Binomial name
Hirasea major
Pilsbry, 1902

Hirasea major 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 major". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved February 3, 2010.