Cassidula nucleus
| Cassidula nucleus | |
|---|---|
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| A live Cassidula nucleus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Ellobioidea |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pythiinae |
| Genus: | Cassidula |
| Species: | C. nucleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassidula nucleus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
Cassidula nucleus is a species of air-breathing marine snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
Distribution
Cassidula nucleus occurs in India,[1] Vietnam,[2] Malaysia,[3] China.[4]
Description
An apertural view of a shell of Cassidula nucleus.
The shell length of an adult snail is 16.0 mm.[5]
Ecology
Cassidula nucleus is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.[2]
References
- ↑ Kumar P. S. & Khan A. B. (2013). "The distribution and diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in Pondicherry mangroves, India". Aquatic biosystems 9(1): 1.
- 1 2 Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.
- ↑ Hookham B., Shau-Hwai A. T., Dayrat B. & Hintz W. (2014). "A Baseline Measure of Tree and Gastropod Biodiversity in Replanted and Natural Mangrove Stands in Malaysia: Langkawi Island and Sungai Merbok". Tropical life sciences research 25(1): 1.
- ↑ Wei-dong H., Jin-ke L., Ying-Ya C., Fu-liang Y., Li-qiang X. & Ning Y. (2003). "Shellfish and fish biodiversity of mangrove ecosystems in Leizhou Peninsula, China". Journal of Coastal Development 7(1): 21-29. PDF.
- ↑ Shanmugam A. (1998). "Reproductive cycle in an ellobiid snail Cassidula nucleus". Indian Journal of Fisheries 45(3): 301-305. abstract.
External links
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- "Cassicula nucleus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
- Dious S. R. J. & Kasinathan R. (1994). "Tolerance limits of two pulmonate snails Cassidula nucleus and Melampus ceylonicus from Pitchavaram mangroves". Environment and ecology, Kalyani, 12(4): 845-849.
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