Fametesta operculina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a small terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Charopidae |
Genus: | Fametesta |
Species: | F. operculina
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Binomial name | |
Fametesta operculina (Gould, 1859)
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This is an endangered species.
Distribution
editThis species (and the whole genus) is endemic to Japan.
References
edit- Tomiyama, K. (1996). "Hirasea operculina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T10175A3180360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10175A3180360.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.