Biology:Ellobium chinense

Short description: Species of gastropod

Ellobium chinense
apertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Panpulmonata clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:	Ellobioidea
Family:	Ellobiidae
Subfamily:	Ellobiinae
Genus:	Ellobium
Species:	E. chinense
Binomial name
Ellobium chinense (Pfeiffer, 1864)
Synonyms
Ellobium chinensis

Ellobium chinense is a species of small, air-breathing, snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

apertural and abapertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense

old shell of Ellobium chinense

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and it is Vulnerable species in Japan.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5366100 entry