Auriculastra duplicata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.
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| Auriculastra duplicata, in this image only the shell is visible | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Auriculastra |
| Species: | A. duplicata
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| Binomial name | |
| Auriculastra duplicata (Pfeiffer, 1854)
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| Synonyms | |
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Melampus duplicatus L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (original combination) | |
Distribution edit
This species occurs in Japan in Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku. It is considered to be a vulnerable species in Japan, in Okinawa Prefecture.[1]
References edit
- ^ (in Japanese) "ナラビオカミミガイ Auriculastra duplicata" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine / ナラビオカミミガイ沖縄型 Auriculastra duplicate Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book, accessed 26 August 2010.
- Frias Martins, A. M. (1995). The anatomy of Auriculastra subula (Bquoy and Gaimard, 1832) (Pulmonata: Ellobiidae) from Hong Kong, with a comment on the systematic position of Auriculastra Martens, 1880. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 11.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. 79-88
- Groh K. (2010). [in G. Poppe, ed.] Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 3: 446-457. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
- Lee H.-S. & Lee Y.-S. (2015). A report of three unrecorded ellobiid species (Gastropoda, Eupulmonata) from Korea. Korean Journal of Malacology. 31(4): 323-326
- Raven H. & Vermeulen J.J. (2007). Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo and Singapore. 2. A synopsis of the Ellobiidae (Gastropoda, Pulmonata). Vita Malacologica. 4: 29-6
- Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp.
External links edit
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