Pirenella incisa
Appearance
Pirenella incisa | |
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Two live individuals of Cerithideopsilla incisa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Potamididae |
Genus: | Pirenella |
Species: | P. incisa
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Binomial name | |
Pirenella incisa | |
Synonyms | |
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Pirenella incisa is a species of medium-sized sea snail or mud snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae, the horn snails.
Distribution
[edit]This is a vulnerable species (VU) in Japan.[1]
Ecology
[edit]Pirenella incisa is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.
References
[edit]- ^ (in Japanese) 日本のレッドデータ検索システム カワアイ Archived 13 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 3 April.
Further reading
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- Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp.
- Maki E., Ohtaki H. & Tomiyama K. (2002). "Distribution and substrate preferences among four batillariid and potamidid species, with observations on seasonal changes in the distribution of Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis (K. Martin, 1889) (Gastropoda: Potamididae)". Venus 61: 61-76.