Salinator fragilis
Salinator fragilis | |
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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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