Cassidula plecotrematoides
| Cassidula plecotrematoides | |
|---|---|
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| Shell of Cassidula plecotrematoides japonica. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pythiinae |
| Genus: | Cassidula |
| Species: | C. plecotrematoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassidula plecotrematoides Möllendorff, 1901 | |
Cassidula plecotrematoides is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
Cassidula plecotrematoides japonica in its natural environment.
Subspecies
- Cassidula plecotrematoides japonica Möllendorff, 1901
- Cassidula plecotrematoides plecotrematoides Möllendorff, 1901
Distribution
Cassidula plecotrematoides japonica occurs in Japan and it is critically endangered and endangered (CR＋EN) there.[1]
The conservation status of Cassidula plecotrematoides plecotrematoides is near threatened.[2]
References
- Martins, A. M. d. F. 1998. The anatomy of Cassidula Ferussac, 1821 and a case for the revival of the Cassidulinae Odhner, 1925. In: Morton, B. (ed.) The Marine Biology of the South China Sea. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Marine Biology of the South China Sea, Hong Kong. pp. 25-42
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