Auriculastra duplicata
Auriculastra duplicata, in this image only the shell is visible
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Ellobiida
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Auriculastra
Species:
A. duplicata
Binomial name
Auriculastra duplicata
(Pfeiffer, 1854)
Synonyms

Melampus duplicatus L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (original combination)

Auriculastra duplicata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan in Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku. It is considered to be a vulnerable species in Japan, in Okinawa Prefecture.[1]

References

  • Frias Martins, A. M. (1995). The anatomy of Auriculastra subula (Bquoy and Gaimard, 1832) (Pulmonata: Ellobiidae) from Hong Kong, with a comment on the systematic position of Auriculastra Martens, 1880. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 11.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 79-88
  • Groh K. (2010). [in G. Poppe, ed.] Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 3: 446-457. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
  • Lee H.-S. & Lee Y.-S. (2015). A report of three unrecorded ellobiid species (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata) from Korea. Korean Journal of Malacology. 31(4): 323-326
  • Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Vita Malacologica. 4: 29-6
  • Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp.

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