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
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Binomial name | |
Cipangopaludina malleata (
Reeve, 1863)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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. [2]
Originally from Japan, C. malleata has been introduced to various areas along the Pacific coast of North America. [1]
The shell is described as thin and "egg-shaped" [3] with very rounded whorls. The spire is short, and the apex may become worn out in older specimens. [3] The name malleatus derives from Latin malleāre (to hammer) and refers to the "hammered-like sculpture" often found on the shell of this species. [3]