Melampus sincaporensis

Melampus sincaporensis
A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata

Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Subfamily: Melampinae
Genus: Melampus
Subgenus: Micromelampus
Species: M. sincaporensis
Binomial name
Melampus sincaporensis
Pfeiffer, 1855
Synonyms

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]

Distribution

The distribution of this species includes Japan [2] and India.

The conservation status of Melampus sincaporensis in Japan is vulnerable.

Melampus sincaporensis

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.

References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Melampus sincaporensis. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574840 on 2015-02-24
  2. (Japanese) . accessed 1 October 2009
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