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

Ellobium chinense
Apertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Ellobium
Species:
E. chinense
Binomial name
Ellobium chinense
(Pfeiffer, 1864)
Synonyms

Ellobium chinensis

apertural and abapertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
old shell of Ellobium chinense

Distribution

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This species occurs in Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and it is Vulnerable species in Japan.[1]

References

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  1. ^ (in Japanese) "オカミミガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.