Hirasea insignis is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae.
| Hirasea insignis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Charopidae |
| Genus: | Hirasea |
| Species: | H. insignis
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| Binomial name | |
| Hirasea insignis Pilsbry & Hirase, 1904
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This is an endangered species.
Distribution
editThis species (and indeed the whole genus) is endemic to Japan.
References
edit- ^ Tomiyama, K. (1996). "Hirasea insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T10174A3180307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10174A3180307.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.