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Stenomelania costellaris

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Stenomelania costellaris
Shell of Stenomelania costellaris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Thiaridae
Genus: Stenomelania
Species:
S. costellaris
Binomial name
Stenomelania costellaris
Synonyms

Melania costellaris I. Lea & H. C. Lea, 1851

Stenomelania costellaris is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Thiaridae.

Distribution

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The type locality is "small streams in the islands of Negros, Tanhay, Siquijor; Philippines".[1]This species is also distributed China Hainan and Hong Kong ,Japan, Taiwan, Celebes of Indonesia.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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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