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.