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

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.

Distribution

The distribution of this species include:

References

  1. (Japanese) . 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.