Melampus sincaporensis
Melampus sincaporensis | |
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A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata |
Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
Family: | Ellobiidae |
Subfamily: | Melampinae |
Genus: | Melampus |
Subgenus: | Micromelampus |
Species: | M. sincaporensis |
Binomial name | |
Melampus sincaporensis Pfeiffer, 1855 | |
Synonyms | |
Melampus singaporensis [sic] (misspelling) |
Melampus sincaporensis is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.[1]
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes Japan [2] and India.
The conservation status of Melampus sincaporensis in Japan is vulnerable.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Melampus sincaporensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574840 on 2015-02-24
- ↑ (in Japanese) "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-10-01. . accessed 1 October 2009
- Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp.
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