Stenomelania costellaris is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Thiaridae.
Stenomelania costellaris | |
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Shell of Stenomelania costellaris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Stenomelania |
Species: | S. costellaris
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Binomial name | |
Stenomelania costellaris | |
Synonyms | |
Melania costellaris I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 |
Distribution edit
The type locality is "small streams in the islands of Negros, Tanhay, Siquijor; Philippines".[1]This species is also distributed China Hainan and Hong Kong ,Japan, Taiwan, Celebes of Indonesia.
References edit
- ^ a b Lea I. & Lea H. C. (1851). "Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus Melania, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East, and now first described". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18("1850"): 179-197. pages 184-185.
External links edit
- Media related to Stenomelania costellaris at Wikimedia Commons