Auriculastra duplicata

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Auriculastra duplicata
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Auriculastra duplicata, in this image only the shell is visible
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Auriculastra
Species:
A. duplicata
Binomial name
Auriculastra duplicata
(Pfeiffer, 1854)
Synonyms

Melampus duplicatusL. Pfeiffer, 1854 (original combination)

Contents

Auriculastra duplicata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan in Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku. It is considered to be a vulnerable species in Japan, in Okinawa Prefecture. [1]

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References

  1. (in Japanese) "ナラビオカミミガイ Auriculastra duplicata" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine / ナラビオカミミガイ沖縄型 Auriculastra duplicate Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine . Japanese Red Data Book, accessed 26 August 2010.

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