Ellobium chinense

Ellobium chinense is a species of small, air-breathing, snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

apertural and abapertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
old shell of Ellobium chinense

Ellobium chinense
apertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata

clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:
Ellobioidea
Family:
Ellobiidae
Subfamily:
Ellobiinae
Genus:
Ellobium
Species:
E. chinense
Binomial name
Ellobium chinense
(Pfeiffer, 1864)
Synonyms

Ellobium chinensis

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and it is Vulnerable species in Japan.[1]

References
  1. (in Japanese) "オカミミガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.


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