Cerithideopsilla incisa

Cerithideopsilla incisa
Two live individuals of Cerithideopsilla incisa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Cerithideopsilla
Species: C. incisa
Binomial name
Cerithideopsilla incisa
(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cerithidea djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1899)
  • Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1899)

Cerithideopsilla incisa is a species of medium-sized sea snail or mud snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.[2]

Cerithideopsilla incisa
Comparison of Cerithideopsilla cingulata (left) and Cerithideopsilla incisa (right).

Distribution

This is a vulnerable species (VU) in Japan.[3]

Ecology

Cerithideopsilla incisa is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ozawa T., Yin W., Fu C., Claremont M., Smith L. & Reid D. G. (2015). "Allopatry and overlap in a clade of snails from mangroves and mud flats in the Indo-West Pacific and Mediterranean (Gastropoda: Potamididae: Cerithideopsilla)". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 114(1): 212-228. doi:10.1111/bij.12401.
  2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=740770 on 2014-03-22
  3. ↑ (in Japanese) 日本のレッドデータ検索システム カワアイ. Accessed 3 April.
  4. ↑ Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.

Further reading

  • Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp.
  • Maki E., Ohtaki H. & Tomiyama K. (2002). "Distribution and substrate preferences among four batillariid and potamidid species, with observations on seasonal changes in the distribution of Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1889) (Gastropoda: Potamididae)". Venus 61: 61-76.


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