Euhadra quaesita
| Euhadra quaesita | |
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| Euhadra quaesita | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Helicoidea |
| Family: | Bradybaenidae |
| Genus: | Euhadra |
| Species: | E. quaesita |
| Binomial name | |
| Euhadra quaesita (Deshayes, 1850) | |
Euhadra quaesita, common name, the sought-after false hadra, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae. This species is found in Japan.
A shell of Euhadra quaesita.
This species is unusual in that its shell is sinistral.
This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of its courtship behavior.
References
- ↑ 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 8 April 2008.
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