Ellobium chinense
Ellobium chinense | |
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apertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
Family: | Ellobiidae |
Subfamily: | Ellobiinae |
Genus: | Ellobium |
Species: | E. chinense |
Binomial name | |
Ellobium chinense (Pfeiffer, 1864) | |
Synonyms | |
Ellobium chinensis |
Ellobium chinense is a species of small, air-breathing, snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
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apertural and abapertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
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old shell of Ellobium chinense
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and it is Vulnerable species in Japan.[1]
References
External links
"Ellobium chinensis". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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