Hirasea acutissima Pilsbry, 1902 (original combination)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Hirasaea acuta acutissima (Pilsbry, 1902)
Conservation Status
Last record: 1940's or later
Rediscovered in November 2003 or October 2005 (Chiba et al., 2007:258)
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Hahajima, Ogasawara Islands (=Bonin Islands), Japan
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Pilsbry, Henry A. (1902). New Land Mollusca from Japan and the Bonin Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 54(1): 25-32. [Abstract]
Other references:
Chiba, Satoshi, Davison, Angus and Mori, Hideaki. (2007). Endemic Land Snail Fauna (Mollusca) on a Remote Peninsula in the Ogasawara Archipelago, Northwestern Pacific. Pacific Science 61(2): 257-265.
Ministry of Environment Japan. (2000). The threatened wildlife of Japan (Red List of Threatened Species of Japan). Available online at http://www.biodic.go.jp/english/ rdb/rdb_f.html
https://sites.google.com/site/beshowguy/gallery/field/bonin/snails/hirasea
http://www.repository.lib.tmu.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/10748/5024/1/20002-35-001.pdf
http://www12.ocn.ne.jp/~mand/hiraseasnails.html