Ellobium aurisjudae

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Ellobium aurisjudae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Ellobium
Species:
E. aurisjudae
Binomial name
Ellobium aurisjudae
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Ellobium aurisjudae is a species of gastropods belonging to the family Ellobiidae. [1]

The species is found in Eastern Asia, Malesia. [1] It specifically can be found in mangrove forests and feeds on the leaf litter of Bruguiera parviflora . [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ellobium aurisjudae (Linnaeus, 1758)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. Teoh, Hong Wooi; Sasekumar, A.; Ismail, Mohamad Hanif; Chong, Ving Ching (1 January 2018). "Trophic discrimination factor and the significance of mangrove litter to benthic detritivorous gastropod, Ellobium aurisjudae (Linnaeus)". Journal of Sea Research. 131: 79–84. doi:10.1016/j.seares.2017.11.005. ISSN   1385-1101 . Retrieved 29 March 2022.