Blanfordia japonica is a species of land snail which has an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.
Distribution This species is endemic to Japan.Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. . The type locality is Sado.
It is a Near Threatened species. "イツマデガイ" . 日本のレッドデータ検索システム [Japanese Red List Data Book], accessed 17 July 2011.
Description
Ecology This species lives from coastal areas to inland forests.
References
External links 江川 和文 Ekawa K. (1985). "福井県産イツマデガイの諸知見 [A Note on Blanfordia japonica from Fukui Prefecture]". ちりぼたん Newsletter of the Malacological Society of Japan 15(4): 93-97. CiNii.