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| A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand | |
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| Species: | M. sincaporensis |
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| Melampus sincaporensis Pfeiffer, 1855 | |
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Melampus singaporensis [sic] (misspelling) | |
Melampus sincaporensis is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae. [1]
The distribution of this species includes Japan [2] and India.
The conservation status of Melampus sincaporensis in Japan is vulnerable.
The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.
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