Julia japonica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia Informal group Opisthobranchia |
Superfamily: | Oxynooidea |
Family: | Juliidae |
Genus: | Julia |
Species: | J. japonica |
Binomial name | |
Julia japonica Kuroda & Habe, 1951[1] |
Julia japonica is a species of a sea snail with a shell comprising two separate hinged pieces or valves. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Juliidae.
The type locality for this species is Wakayama, Honshū, Japan.[2]
It eats green alga Microdictyon japonicum.[3]
Its shell was also found in the intestine of fish Pacific yellowtail emperor (Lethrinus atkinsoni).[4]