Ellobium chinense is a species of small, air-breathing, snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
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| apertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense | |
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| Species: | E. chinense
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| Ellobium chinense (Pfeiffer, 1864)
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Ellobium chinensis | |
Distribution edit
This species occurs in Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and it is Vulnerable species in Japan.[1]
References edit
- ^ (in Japanese) "オカミミガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.
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