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Fametesta operculina

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 21, 2026
Entity authorityQ308375 ↗
Source-derived summary

Fametesta operculina is a species of air-breathing land snail, a small terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Endodontidae.

This is an endangered species.

Distribution

This species (and the whole genus) is endemic to Japan.

References

Tomiyama, K. (1996). "Hirasea operculina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996 e.T10175A3180360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T10175A3180360.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

Editorial summary

“Fametesta operculina” enters the record as species of mollusc. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Fametesta, operculina and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1996, 2021—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Fametesta, operculina and species.
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Why this record matters

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q308375. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1996 and 2021.

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This entry incorporates text from “Fametesta operculina” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.