Stenomelania boninensis is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Thiaridae.
Stenomelania boninensis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Thiaridae |
Genus: | Stenomelania |
Species: | S. boninensis
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Binomial name | |
Stenomelania boninensis | |
Synonyms | |
Melania boninensis Lea, 1856 |
The specific name boninensis refer to Bonin Islands, where this species occur.
The sister species of Stenomelania boninensis is Stenomelania juncea.[2]
Distribution
editDistribution of Stenomelania boninensis include Bonin Islands only, Japan.[2]
The type locality is "Bonin Islands".[1]
Distribution
editStenomelania boninensis inhabits rivers.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Lea I. (1856). "Description of fifteen new species of exotic Melaniana". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8(4): 144-145.
- ^ a b c Miura O., Mori H., Nakai S., Satake K., Sasaki T. & Chiba S. (2008). "Molecular evidence of the evolutionary origin of a Bonin Islands endemic, Stenomelania boninensis". Journal of Molluscan Studies 74(2): 199-202. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyn003.