| Ellobium chinense | |
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| apertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense | |
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| Subfamily: | Ellobiinae |
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| Species: | E. chinense |
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| Ellobium chinense (Pfeiffer, 1864) | |
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Ellobium chinensis | |
Ellobium chinense is a species of small, air-breathing, snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
apertural and abapertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
old shell of Ellobium chinense
Distribution
This species occurs in Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and it is Vulnerable species in Japan.[1]
References
- ↑ (in Japanese) "オカミミガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.
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