| Stenomelania crenulata | |
|---|---|
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| A live but retracted individual of Stenomelania rufescens on a human hand | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Thiaridae |
| Genus: | Stenomelania |
| Species: | S. crenulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenomelania crenulata (Deshayes, 1838) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Melania crenulata Deshayes, 1838 | |
Stenomelania crenulata is a species of brackish and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.

Three live individuals of Stenomelania crenulata on a human hand
Distribution
This is considered to be a vulnerable species (VU) in Japan.[2]
References
- ↑ Bouchet P. (2015). Stenomelania crenulata. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=835427 on 2016-01-10
- ↑ (in Japanese) 日本のレッドデータ検索システム タケノコカワニナ Archived 2011-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 2 April 2009.
External links
- Hidaka H. & Kano Y. (2014). "Morphological and genetic variation between the Japanese populations of the amphidromous snail Stenomelania crenulata (Cerithioidea: Thiaridae). Zoological Science 31(9): 593-602. doi:10.2108/zs140074.
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