Vitrinula chaunax is an extinct species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ariophantidae. This species was endemic to Japan.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Stylommatophora |
| Family: | Ariophantidae |
| Genus: | Vitrinula |
| Species: | †V. chaunax
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vitrinula chaunax (Pilsbry & Y. Hirase, 1904)
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References
edit- ^ Mollusc Specialist Group (1996). "Vitrinula chaunax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T23033A9408010. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T23033A9408010.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.