Cassidula nucleus

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Cassidula nucleus
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A live Cassidula nucleus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Cassidula
Species:
C. nucleus
Binomial name
Cassidula nucleus
(Gmelin, 1791)

Cassidula nucleus is a species of air-breathing marine snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

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Distribution

Cassidula nucleus occurs in India, [1] Vietnam, [2] Malaysia, [3] China. [4]

Description

An apertural view of a shell of Cassidula nucleus. Cassidula nucleus shell.png
An apertural view of a shell of Cassidula nucleus.

The shell length of an adult snail is 16.0 mm. [5]

Ecology

Cassidula nucleus is a predominantly mangrove-associated species. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Kumar P. S. & Khan A. B. (2013). "The distribution and diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in Pondicherry mangroves, India". Aquatic biosystems 9(1): 1.
  2. 1 2 Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi : 10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.
  3. ↑ Hookham B., Shau-Hwai A. T., Dayrat B. & Hintz W. (2014). "A Baseline Measure of Tree and Gastropod Biodiversity in Replanted and Natural Mangrove Stands in Malaysia: Langkawi Island and Sungai Merbok". Tropical life sciences research 25(1): 1.
  4. ↑ Han, Wei-dong; Lui, Jin-ke; He, Xiu-Ling; Cai, Ying-Ya; Ye, Fu-liang; Xuan, Li-qiang; Ye, Ning (2003). "Shellfish and fish biodiversity of mangrove ecosystems in Leizhou Peninsula, China" (PDF). Journal of Coastal Development . Indonesia: Diponegoro University. 7 (1): 21–29. ISSN   1410-5217.
  5. ↑ Shanmugam A. (1998). "Reproductive cycle in an ellobiid snail Cassidula nucleus". Indian Journal of Fisheries 45(3): 301-305. abstract.


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