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Fukuia multistriata

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Fukuia multistriata
Live individual of Fukuia multistriata
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F. multistriata
Binomial name
Fukuia multistriata
Abbott & Hunter, 1949
Synonyms

Fukuia kurodai multistriata Abbott & Hunter, 1949

Fukuia multistriata is a species of amphibious freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[1]

Distribution

This species is endemic to Honshu, Japan.[1]

An individual of Fukuia multistriata resting on a tree branch.
The habitat of the amphibious species Fukuia multistriata is beside the waterfall.

Ecology

This species is a freshwater snail that lives in mountain streamlets.[1] It is also an amphibious snail and it is often arboreal.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.

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