Cipangopaludina malleata

Cipangopaludina malleata is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.[2]

Cipangopaludina malleata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
informal group Architaenioglossa
Superfamily:
Viviparoidea
Family:
Viviparidae
Genus:
Cipangopaludina
Species:
C. malleata
Binomial name
Cipangopaludina malleata
(Reeve, 1863)
Synonyms[1]
  • Paludina japonica
  • Paludina malleata Reeve, 1863 (original combination)
  • Vivipara stelmaphora
  • Vivipara lecythoides
  • Viviparus malleatus Reeve, 1863

Originally from Japan, C. malleata has been introduced to various areas along the Pacific coast of North America.[1]

Description

The shell is described as thin and "egg-shaped"[3] with very rounded whorls. The spire is short, and the apex may become worn out in older specimens.[3] The name malleatus derives from Latin malleāre (to hammer) and refers to the "hammered-like sculpture" often found on the shell of this species.[3]

References
  1. Walker, Bryant (1918). A synopsis of the classification of the fresh-water Mollusca of North America, north of Mexico, and a catalogue of the more recently described species. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). "Cipangopaludina malleata (Reeve, 1863)". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758902 on 2014-11-13
  3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. LIV. Academy of Natural Sciences. 1902. ISBN 978-1-4379-5460-9.
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