''Mandarina luhuana'' is an extinct species of air-breathing

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, a terrestrial

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mollusk in the family Bradybaenidae. This species is endemic to Chichi-jima and Minami-jima of the Bonin Islands in

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Subspecies

* ''Mandarina luhuana luhuana'' (Sowerby, 1839) * ''Mandarina luhuana minamijima'' Chiba, 2007

References

Molluscs of Japan Mandarina Taxa named by George Brettingham Sowerby I Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Camaenidae-stub