''Stenomelania crenulata'' is a

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of brackish and

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

, an aquatic

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 ...

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in the family Thiaridae. Takenokokawanina0903-1

Distribution

This is considered to be a vulnerable species (VU) in Japan.日本のレッドデータ検索システムタケノコカワニナ
. Accessed 2 April 2009.

References

External links

* Hidaka H. & Kano Y. (2014). "Morphological and genetic variation between the Japanese populations of the amphidromous snail ''Stenomelania crenulata'' (Cerithioidea: Thiaridae). '' Zoological Science'' 31(9): 593-602. . Thiaridae Gastropods described in 1838 {{Thiaridae-stub