Enteroplax yaeyamensis

Enteroplax yaeyamensis is a species of air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Strobilopsidae.

Enteroplax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
clade Stylommatophora
informal group Orthurethra
Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
Family:
Strobilopsidae
Genus:
Enteroplax
Species:
E. yaeyamensis
Binomial name
Enteroplax yaeyamensis
Habe & Chinen, 1974[1]

Distribution

This species occurs in:

The type locality is Sonai, Irimote Island, Yaeyama Islands.[1]

This is a vulnerable species.[2]

Description

The width of the shell is 2.2 mm; the height of the shell is 1.7 mm.[1]

References
  1. (in Japanese and English) Habe T. & Chinen M. (1974). "八重山群島石垣・西表両島の陸産貝類相とその生物地理学的意義 Land Molluscan Fauna of Ishigaki and Iriomote Islands, with Notes on Biogeography of Ryukyu Archipelago". Memoirs of the National Science Museum 7: 121. PDF CiNii.
  2. (in Japanese) ヤエヤマクチミゾガイ Enteroplax yaeyamensis. Japanese Red Data Book, accessed 21 April 2010.
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