Euhadra peliomphala

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Euhadra peliomphala
Euhadra peliomphala from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Euhadra peliomphala from Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Conservation status
NE
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pulmonata
Family: Bradybaenidae
Genus: Euhadra
Species: E. peliomphala
Binomial name
Euhadra peliomphala
(Pfeiffer, 1850)

Euhadra peliomphala is a land snail endemic to Japan. The species exhibits exceptional geographical variation of mitochondrial DNA.[1]

E. peliomphala has 4 subspecies:

  • Euhadra peliomphala kunoensis Kuroda in Masuda & Habe, 1989
  • Euhadra peliomphala nimbosa (Crosse, 1868)
  • Euhadra peliomphala peliomphala (Pfeiffer, 1850)
  • Euhadra peliomphala simodae (Jay, 1856)

It is not listed in IUCN red list - not evaluated (NE).[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hayashi, M. & S. Chiba. 2000. Intraspecific diversity of mitochondrial DNA in the land snail Euhadra peliomphala (Bradybaenidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70(3): 391–401. doi:10.1006/bijl.1999.0376
  2. ^ 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 8 april 2008.

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