Cassidula nucleus

Cassidula nucleus
A live Cassidula nucleus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Ellobiida
Family: Ellobiidae
Genus: Cassidula
Species:
C. nucleus
Binomial name
Cassidula nucleus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms

Cassidula mustelina (Deshayes, 1830)

Cassidula nucleus is a species of air-breathing marine snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae.

Distribution

Cassidula nucleus occurs in India, Vietnam, Malaysia, China.

Description

An apertural view of a shell of Cassidula nucleus.

The shell length of an adult snail is 16.0 mm.

Ecology

Cassidula nucleus is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.

References

  1. ↑ Kumar P. S. & Khan A. B. (2013). "The distribution and diversity of benthic macroinvertebrate fauna in Pondicherry mangroves, India". Aquatic Biosystems. 9 (1): 15. Bibcode:2013AqBio...9...15K. doi:10.1186/2046-9063-9-15. PMC 3751066. PMID 23937801.
  2. 1 2 Zvonareva S.; Kantor Yu.; Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies. 54 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0. PMC 6661431. PMID 31966126.
  3. ↑ Hookham B.; Shau-Hwai A. T.; Dayrat B. & Hintz W. (2014). "A Baseline Measure of Tree and Gastropod Biodiversity in Replanted and Natural Mangrove Stands in Malaysia: Langkawi Island and Sungai Merbok". Tropical Life Sciences Research. 25 (1): 1–12. PMC 4156469. PMID 25210584.
  4. ↑ Han, Wei-dong; Lui, Jin-ke; He, Xiu-Ling; Cai, Ying-Ya; Ye, Fu-liang; Xuan, Li-qiang; Ye, Ning (2003). "Shellfish and fish biodiversity of mangrove ecosystems in Leizhou Peninsula, China" (PDF). Journal of Coastal Development. 7 (1). Indonesia: Diponegoro University: 21–29. ISSN 1410-5217.
  5. ↑ Shanmugam A. (1998). "Reproductive cycle in an ellobiid snail Cassidula nucleus". Indian Journal of Fisheries. 45 (3): 301–305.