Stenomelania crenulata
Stenomelania crenulata | |
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A live but retracted individual of Stenomelania rufescens on a human hand | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Sorbeoconcha |
Superfamily: | Cerithioidea |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Stenomelania |
Species: | S. crenulata |
Binomial name | |
Stenomelania crenulata (Deshayes, 1838) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Melania crenulata Deshayes, 1838 |
Stenomelania crenulata is a species of brackish and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
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Three live individuals of Stenomelania crenulata on a human hand
Distribution
This is considered to be a vulnerable species (VU) in Japan.[2]
References
- ↑ Bouchet P. (2015). Stenomelania crenulata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835427 on 2016-01-10
- ↑ (Japanese) 日本のレッドデータ検索システム タケノコカワニナ. Accessed 2 April 2009.
External links
- "Stenomelania crenulata". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Hidaka H. & Kano Y. (2014). "Morphological and genetic variation between the Japanese populations of the amphidromous snail Stenomelania crenulata (Cerithioidea: Thiaridae). Zoological Science 31(9): 593-602. doi:10.2108/zs140074.
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