Stenomelania crenulata
Appearance
Stenomelania crenulata | |
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A live but retracted individual of Stenomelania rufescens on a human hand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Stenomelania |
Species: | S. crenulata
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Binomial name | |
Stenomelania crenulata (Deshayes, 1838)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Melania crenulata Deshayes, 1838 |
Stenomelania crenulata is a species of brackish and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
Distribution
[edit]This is considered to be a vulnerable species (VU) in Japan.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ (in Japanese) 日本のレッドデータ検索システム タケノコカワニナ Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2 April 2009.
External links
[edit]- 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.