Stenomelania costellaris
Stenomelania costellaris is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Thiaridae.
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Melania costellaris I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851 | |
Distribution
The type locality is "small streams in the islands of Negros, Tanhay, Siquijor; Philippines".[2]
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References
- IUCN (2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 January 2016.
- Lea I. & Lea H. C. (1851). "Description of a new genus of the family Melaniana, and of many new species of the genus Melania, chiefly collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., during his zoological voyage in the East, and now first described". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18("1850"): 179-197. pages 184-185.
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