''Melampus sincaporensis'' is a
species
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of small air-breathing
salt marsh
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snail
A snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name ''snail'' is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastro ...
, a
pulmonate
Pulmonata or pulmonates, is an informal group (previously an order, and before that a subclass) of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills. The group includ ...
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the family
Ellobiidae.
[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]
Distribution
The distribution of this species includes
Japan
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[. accessed 1 October 2009] and
India
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.
The conservation status of ''Melampus sincaporensis'' in Japan is vulnerable.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.
References
* Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) ''Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp.
External links
Kyoto Museum info*
Ellobiidae
Gastropods described in 1855
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