Salinator fragilis
| Salinator fragilis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata |
| Superfamily: | Amphiboloidea |
| Family: | Amphibolidae |
| Genus: | Salinator |
| Species: | S. fragilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Salinator fragilis (Lamarck, 1822) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Ampullaria fragilis Lamarck, 1822 | |
Salinator fragilis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amphibolidae. The species is sometimes referred to as the fragile air breather.[1] It was originally described as being in the genus Ampullaria, but was split off into the genus Salinator in 1900 by Charles Hedley.[2]
Distribution
This species lives on the coast of Australia and also in Melanesia.[3]
Habitat
This snail lives in salt-marshes and estuaries.[1]
Diet
This species feeds on detritus.[2]
References
- Golding R.E., Ponder W.F. & Byrne M. 2007. Taxonomy and anatomy of Amphiboloidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Archaeopulmonata). Zootaxa 1476: 1-50 page(s): 10
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