Euhadra quaesita

Euhadra quaesita, common name, the sought-after false hadra, is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae. This species is found in Japan.

A shell of Euhadra quaesita.

Euhadra quaesita
NE[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily:
Helicoidea
Family:
Bradybaenidae
Genus:
Euhadra
Species:
E. quaesita
Binomial name
Euhadra quaesita
(Deshayes, 1850)

This species is unusual in that its shell is sinistral.

This species of snail makes and uses love darts as part of its courtship behavior.

References
  1. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 8 April 2008.


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