Semisulcospira forticosta

Semisulcospira forticosta
Drawing on an apertural view of a shell of Semisulcospira forticosta
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Sorbeoconcha

Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Semisulcospiridae
Genus: Semisulcospira
Species: S. forticosta
Binomial name
Semisulcospira forticosta
(Martens, 1886)[2]
Synonyms

Melania forticosta Martens, 1886

Semisulcospira forticosta is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.

Distribution

This species occurs in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.[3] The type locality is Mungyeong in Korea.[2]

Description

The female reproductive system was described by Prozorova & Rasshepkina in 2005.[3]

References

  1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Martens E. von (1886). "In Japan und Korea gesammelten land-und Süßwasser-Mollusken". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5: 76-80. page 78-79.
  3. 1 2 Prozorova L. A. & Rasshepkina A. V. (2005). "On the reproductive anatomy of Semisulcospira (Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae: Semisulcospirinae)". The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 9: 123–126. PDF.
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