| Cipangopaludina malleata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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) | |
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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.
Originally from Japan, C. malleata has been introduced to various areas along the Pacific coast of North America.
Description
The shell is described as thin and "egg-shaped" with very rounded whorls. The spire is short, and the apex may become worn out in older specimens. The name malleatus derives from Latin malleāre (to hammer) and refers to the "hammered-like sculpture" often found on the shell of this species.
References
- ^ 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.
- 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
- ^ Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Vol. LIV. Academy of Natural Sciences. 1902. ISBN 978-1-4379-5460-9.
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Viviparus malleatus | |