Hirasea Explained

Hirasea is a genus of small, pulmonate land snails in the family Charopidae.^[1] This genus sees its highest diversity in the Hawaiian Islands, but species are distributed throughout Japan and Polynesia.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Hirasea:^[2]

• Hirasea acuta
• Hirasea acutissima^[3]
• Hirasea biconcava^[4]
• Hirasea chichijimana
• Hirasea diplomphalus
• Hirasea eutheca
• Hirasea goniobasis
• Hirasea hypolia
• Hirasea insignis
• Hirasea major
• Hirasea nesiotica
• Hirasea planulata
• Hirasea profundispira
• Hirasea sinuosa

Notes and References

1. Bank, R. (2017). Hirasea Pilsbry, 1902. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=996012 on 2017-11-16
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Hirasea Pilsbry, 1902. 2021-03-04. www.marinespecies.org.
3. Chiba S., Davison A. & Mori H. (2007) "Endemic Land Snail Fauna (Mollusca) on a Remote Peninsula in the Ogasawara Archipelago, Northwestern Pacific". Pacific Science 61(2): 257–265. .
4. Web site: Group. Mollusc Specialist. 1996-08-01. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Hirasea biconcava. 2021-03-04. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.