page_title: Blanfordia
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Blanfordia / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: English: Drawing of dorsal view of Blanfordia japonica.
context_page_description: Blanfordia is a genus of terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the family Pomatiopsidae. They are land snails which have an operculum.
  The generic name Blanfordia is in honor of English naturalist William Thomas Blanford.
context_section_description: The genus Blanfordia is endemic to Japan. Blanfordia species live on Honshu and on Hokkaido.
  Blanfodia and Fukuia are the only two genera of Pomatiopsidae that are endemic to Japan. They occur especially in the northern and western part of Japan on the coast of the Sea of Japan. There is a unique climate in the Sea of Japan with high precipitation as snowfall during the winter in the area of distribution of Blanfordia. Such species, unique to the region near the Sea of Japan, are known as "Japan Sea elements".
caption: Drawing of dorsal view of Blanfordia japonica shows the position of eyes.
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