Blanfordia japonica

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Blanfordia japonica
Drawing of dorsal view of Blanfordia japonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Pomatiopsidae
Genus: Blanfordia
Species:
B. japonica
Binomial name
Blanfordia japonica
(A. Adams, 1861)[1]
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Tomichia japonica A. Adams, 1861
  • Blanfordia bensoni minor Pilsbry, 1901
  • Blanfordia pilbryana Annandale, 1924

Blanfordia japonica is a species of land snail which has an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[3]

This species is endemic to Japan.[3] The type locality is Sado.[1]

It is a Near Threatened species.[4]

Description

Drawing of apertural view of a shell. The scale is 1 mm.
Drawing of lateral view of a shell. The scale is 1 mm.
Blanfordia japonica on the forest floor.

Ecology

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