Melampus sincaporensis

Melampus sincaporensis
Melampus sincaporensis
A live Melampus sincaporensis on a human hand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Subfamily: Melampinae
Genus: Melampus
Subgenus: Micromelampus
Species: M. sincaporensis
Binomial name
Melampus sincaporensis
Pfeiffer, 1855
Synonyms

Melampus siamensis Martens, E.C. von, 1865

Melampus sincaporensis is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

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Distribution

The distribution of this species includes Japan [1] and India.

The conservation status of Melampus sincaporensis in Japan is vulnerable.

Melampus sincaporensis

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 5 mm and 10 mm.

References

  1. ^ (Japanese) [1]. accessed 1 October 2009

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