Enteroplax yaeyamensis

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Enteroplax
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E. yaeyamensis
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Enteroplax yaeyamensis
Habe & Chinen, 1974 [1]

Enteroplax yaeyamensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

The type locality is Sonai, Irimote Island, Yaeyama Islands. [1]

This is a vulnerable species. [2]

Description

The width of the shell is 2.2 mm; the height of the shell is 1.7 mm. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 (in Japanese and English) Habe T. & Chinen M. (1974). "八重山群島石垣・西表両島の陸産貝類相とその生物地理学的意義 Land Molluscan Fauna of Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands, with Notes on Biogeography of Ryukyu Archipelago". Memoirs of the National Science Museum7: 121. PDF CiNii.
  2. (in Japanese) ヤエヤマクチミゾガイ Enteroplax yaeyamensis. Japanese Red Data Book, accessed 21 April 2010.