Euhadra quaesita (Deshayes, 1850) is a animal in the Camaenidae family, order Stylommatophora, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Euhadra quaesita (Deshayes, 1850)

Euhadra quaesita (Deshayes, 1850)

The sought-after false hadra (Euhadra quaesita) is an unusual sinistral-shelled land snail found in Japan.

Family
Genus
Euhadra
Order
Stylommatophora
Class
Gastropoda

About Euhadra quaesita (Deshayes, 1850)

Euhadra quaesita (Deshayes, 1850) has the common name the sought-after false hadra. It is an air-breathing species of land snail, a type of terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc that belongs to the family Bradybaenidae. This species is found in Japan. It has an unusual feature: its shell is sinistral. As part of its courtship behavior, this snail species produces and uses love darts.

Photo: (c) Claude & Amandine EVANNO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Mollusca Gastropoda Stylommatophora Camaenidae Euhadra

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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