Melampus nuxeastaneus

Melampus nuxeastaneus is a species of small air-breathing salt marsh snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

One live individual and two shells of Melampus nuxeastaneus.

Melampus nuxeastaneus
A shell of Melampus nuxeastaneus on a human hand
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Panpulmonata
clade Eupulmonata
Superfamily:
Ellobioidea
Family:
Ellobiidae
Subfamily:
Melampinae
Genus:
Melampus
Species:
M. nuxeastaneus
Binomial name
Melampus nuxeastaneus
Kuroda, 1949

Distribution

The distribution of this species include:

References
  1. "Archived copy" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2009-10-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link). accessed 1 October 2009
  2. Wu S.-P., Hwang C.-C., Huang H.-M., Chang H.-W., Lin Y.-S. & Lee P.-F. (2007). "Land Molluscan Fauna of the Dongsha Island with Twenty New Recorded Species". Taiwania 52(2): 145-151. PDF Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.


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