Cipangopaludina malleata
| Cipangopaludina malleata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda informal group Architaenioglossa |
| Superfamily: | Viviparoidea |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Cipangopaludina |
| Species: | C. malleata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cipangopaludina malleata is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.[2]
Originally from Japan, C. malleata has been introduced to various areas along the Pacific coast of North America.[1]
Description
The shell is described as thin and "egg-shaped"[3] with very rounded whorls. The spire is short, and the apex may become worn out in older specimens.[3] The name malleatus derives from Latin malleāre (to hammer) and refers to the "hammered-like sculpture" often found on the shell of this species.[3]
References
- 1 2 Walker, Bryant (1918). A synopsis of the classification of the fresh-water Mollusca of North America, north of Mexico, and a catalogue of the more recently described species. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). "Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863)". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758902 on 2014-11-13
- 1 2 3 Proceedings of The Academy of Natural Sciences LIV. Academy of Natural Sciences. 1902. ISBN 978-1-4379-5460-9.
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