Hypselostoma insularum

Hypselostoma insularum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora

clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Vertiginidae
Subfamily:
Gastrocoptinae
Genus:
Hypselostoma
Species:
H. insularum
Binomial name
Hypselostoma insularum

Hypselostoma insularum is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the vertigo snails.

Distribution

The type locality is Yonaguni, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.[1]

It is critically endangered and endangered species.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Pilsbry H. A. (1908). "Two genera of land snails new to Japan and Korea". The Conchological magazine, Kyoto, 2(8): 39-42.
  2. ^ (in Japanese) ラッパガイ Hypselostoma insularum. Japanese Red Data Book, accessed 21 April 2010.


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