Cassidula nucleus
| Cassidula nucleus | |
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| A live Cassidula nucleus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Ellobiida |
| Family: | Ellobiidae |
| Genus: | Cassidula |
| Species: | C. nucleus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cassidula nucleus (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cassidula mustelina (Deshayes, 1830) | |
Cassidula nucleus is a species of air-breathing marine snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.
Distribution
Cassidula nucleus occurs in India,[2] Vietnam,[3] Malaysia,[4] China.[5]
Description
The shell length of an adult snail is 16.0 mm.[6]
Ecology
Cassidula nucleus is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.[3]
References
- ↑ Van Damme, D. (2010). "Cassidula mustelina (Northeastern Africa assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T185773A8477143. Retrieved 26 August 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Shanmugam A. (1998). "Reproductive cycle in an ellobiid snail Cassidula nucleus". Indian Journal of Fisheries. 45 (3): 301–305.
External links
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- Dious S. R. J. & Kasinathan R. (1994). "Tolerance limits of two pulmonate snails Cassidula nucleus and Melampus ceylonicus from Pitchavaram mangroves". Environment and Ecology. 12 (4): 845–849.