Laemodonta exaratoides

Laemodonta exaratoides
two live Laemodonta exaratoides withdrawn into shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata

Superfamily: Ellobioidea
Family: Ellobiidae
Subfamily: Pythiinae
Genus: Laemodonta
Species: L. exaratoides
Binomial name
Laemodonta exaratoides
Kuroda, 1957

Laemodonta exaratoides is a species of small air-breathing, snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.

Two live individuals of Laemodonta exaratoides in situ
Two live individuals of Laemodonta exaratoides in situ

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and it is Near Threatened species in Japan.[1]

References

  1. (Japanese) "ウスコミミガイ". Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.


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