Gastrocopta ogasawarana

†Gastrocopta ogasawarana was a species of very small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Vertiginidae, the whorl snails. This small snail was endemic to Japan; it is now extinct.[1]

Gastrocopta ogasawarana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
clade Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Vertiginidae
Subfamily:
Gastrocoptinae
Genus:
Gastrocopta
Species:
†G. ogasawarana
Binomial name
†Gastrocopta ogasawarana
Pilsbry, 1916

References
  1. Tomiyama K. (1996) Gastrocopta ogasawarana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 7 August 2007

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