Laemodonta exaratoides

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

Laemodonta exaratoides
Two live Laemodonta exaratoides withdrawn into shell
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Ellobiida
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Laemodonta
Species:
L. exaratoides
Binomial name
Laemodonta exaratoides
Kuroda, 1957

Distribution

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

References

  1. (in Japanese) "ウスコミミガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.


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