Melampus nuxeastaneus

Melampus nuxeastaneus
A shell of Melampus nuxeastaneus 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
Species:	M. nuxeastaneus
Binomial name
Melampus nuxeastaneus Kuroda, 1949

Melampus nuxeastaneus is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

One live individual and two shells of Melampus nuxeastaneus.

Distribution

The distribution of this species include:

• Japan^[1]
• Pratas Islands, Taiwan^[2]

References

1. (Japanese) . accessed 1 October 2009
2. Wu S.-P., Hwang C.-C., Huang H.-M., Chang H.-W., Lin Y.-S. & Lee P.-F. (2007). "Land Molluscan Fauna of the Dongsha Island with Twenty New Recorded Species". Taiwania 52(2): 145-151. PDF.