Cipangopaludina malleata is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Architaenioglossa |
| Family: | Viviparidae |
| Genus: | Cipangopaludina |
| Species: | C. malleata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863)
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Originally from Japan, C. malleata has been introduced to various areas along the Pacific coast of North America.[1]
Description edit
The shell is described as thin and "egg-shaped"[3] with very rounded whorls. The spire is short, and the apex may become worn out in older specimens.[3] The name malleatus derives from Latin malleāre (to hammer) and refers to the "hammered-like sculpture" often found on the shell of this species.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Walker, Bryant (1918). A synopsis of the classification of the fresh-water Mollusca of North America, north of Mexico, and a catalogue of the more recently described species. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). "Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863)". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758902 on 2014-11-13
- ^ a b c Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Vol. LIV. Academy of Natural Sciences. 1902. ISBN 978-1-4379-5460-9.