Hirasea
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Hirasea is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of small air-breathing land snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...

s, terrestrial
Terrestrial animal
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 pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Endodontidae
Endodontidae
Endodontidae is a taxonomic family of very small air-breathing land snails and slugs, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Punctoidea....

, an endemic family of land snails from the Hawaiian islands.

Species

Species within the genus Hirasea include:
  • Hirasea acutissima
    Hirasea acutissima
    Hirasea acutissima is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.Hirasea acutissima was endemic to Haha-jima in the Ogasawara Islands, Japan....

  • Hirasea biconcava
    Hirasea biconcava
    Hirasea biconcava is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea chichijimana
    Hirasea chichijimana
    Hirasea chichijimana is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Tomiyama, K. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea diplomphalus
    Hirasea diplomphalus
    Hirasea diplomphalus is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Tomiyama, K. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea eutheca
    Hirasea eutheca
    Hirasea eutheca is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea goniobasis
    Hirasea goniobasis
    Hirasea goniobasis is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea hypolia
    Hirasea hypolia
    Hirasea hypolia is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea insignis
    Hirasea insignis
    Hirasea insignis is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Tomiyama, K. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea major
    Hirasea major
    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....

  • Hirasea mirabilis
    Hirasea mirabilis
    Hirasea mirabilis is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea nesiotica
    Hirasea nesiotica
    Hirasea nesiotica is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea operculina
    Hirasea operculina
    Hirasea operculina is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Tomiyama, K. 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea planulata
    Hirasea planulata
    Hirasea planulata is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This species is extinct....

  • Hirasea profundispira
    Hirasea profundispira
    Hirasea profundispira is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

  • Hirasea sinuosa
    Hirasea sinuosa
    Hirasea sinuosa is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Endodontidae.This is an endangered species.-References:* Mollusc Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

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