Oncomelania minima

Oncomelania minima is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.[1]

Oncomelania minima
Oncomelania minima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Rissooidea
Family:
Pomatiopsidae
Subfamily:
Pomatiopsinae
Genus:
Oncomelania
Species:
O. minima
Binomial name
Oncomelania minima

Distribution
distribution of Oncomelania minima

This species occurs in Ishikawa Prefecture and in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.[1]

It is Vulnerable species in Japan.[2]

Ecology
Photo of two Oncomelania minima in a mountain streamlet.

Oncomelania minima is a freshwater species which inhabits mountain streamlets.[1]

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References
  1. Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-118.
  2. (in Japanese) "ナタネミズツボ". 日本のレッドデータ検索システム [Japanese Red List Data Book], accessed 17 July 2011.

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