Cipangopaludina malleata

Not to be confused with Cipangopaludina chinensis.

Cipangopaludina malleata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Architaenioglossa
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

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]

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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Vol. LIV. Academy of Natural Sciences. 1902. ISBN 978-1-4379-5460-9.