Laemodonta exaratoides is a species of small air-breathing snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae.
Laemodonta exaratoides | |
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Two live Laemodonta exaratoides withdrawn into shell | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Ellobiida |
Family: | Ellobiidae |
Genus: | Laemodonta |
Species: | L. exaratoides
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Binomial name | |
Laemodonta exaratoides Kuroda, 1957
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and it is Near Threatened species in Japan.[1]
References
edit- ^ (in Japanese) "ウスコミミガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine. Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.