Euhadra quaesita
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Camaenidae |
Genus: | Euhadra |
Species: | E. quaesita
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Binomial name | |
Euhadra quaesita (Deshayes, 1850)
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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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Euhadra_quaesita_shell.jpg/220px-Euhadra_quaesita_shell.jpg)
A shell of Euhadra quaesita.
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[]
- ^ 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Cited 8 April 2008.
Categories:
- Euhadra
- Gastropods described in 1850
- Helicoidea stubs