Biology:Oncomelania minima

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Oncomelania minima
Oncomelania minima.png
Oncomelania minima
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Pomatiopsidae
Genus: Oncomelania
Species:
O. minima
Binomial name
Oncomelania minima
P. Bartsch, 1936

Oncomelania minima is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[1]

Distribution

distribution of Oncomelania minima

This species occurs in Ishikawa Prefecture and in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.[1]

It is Vulnerable species in Japan.[2]

Ecology

Photo of two Oncomelania minima in a mountain streamlet.

Oncomelania minima is a freshwater species which inhabits mountain streamlets.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.
  2. (in Japanese) "ナタネミズツボ". 日本のレッドデータ検索システム [Japanese Red List Data Book], accessed 17 July 2011.

Wikidata ☰ Q7092101 entry