Melampus sincaporensis
| Melampus sincaporensis | |
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| A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Melampinae |
| Genus: | Melampus |
| Subgenus: | Micromelampus |
| Species: | M. sincaporensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Melampus sincaporensis Pfeiffer, 1855 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Melampus singaporensis [sic] (misspelling) | |
Melampus sincaporensis is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae. [1]
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes Japan [2] and India.
The conservation status of Melampus sincaporensis in Japan is vulnerable.
Melampus sincaporensis
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Melampus sincaporensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574840 on 2015-02-24
- ↑ (Japanese) . accessed 1 October 2009
- Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp.
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