''Cecina'' is a

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s which have a

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and an operculum,

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s or

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s in the

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Pomatiopsidae Pomatiopsidae is a family of small, mainly freshwater snails, (some also occur in other habitats) that have gills and an operculum, aquatic gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Truncatelloidea (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda b ...

. They live in shallow waters in

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and

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habitats.Prozorova L. A. (2003). "Morphological Features of Supralittoral Mollusks of the Genus ''Cecina'' (Gastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) from Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan ". '' Russian Journal of Marine Biology'' 29(1): 49-52. .

Distribution

The distribution of the genus ''Cecina'' includes the

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, Russia, Japan and

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Species

In 1861, Arthur Adams described the genus ''Cecina'' as a

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with '' Cecina manchurica'' as the only species. The current classification of ''Cecina'' follows Davis (1979)Davis G. M. (1979). "The origin and evolution of the gastropod family Pomatiopsidae, with emphasis on the Mekong river Triculinae". ''

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'', Monograph 20: 1-120. and other authors.Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". ''

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'' 11: 118. . In 1996, Larisa A. Prozorova reviewed the genus, described 6 new species of ''Cecina'' and re-established '' Cecina tatarica'' as a separate species. Прозорова Л. А. rozorova L. A.(1996). "Виды рода ''Cecina'' (Gastropoda, Pomatiopsidae) Дальнего Востока России. pecies composition of the genus ''Cecina'' (Gastropoda, Pomatiopsidae from the Russian far East. '' Zoologicheskii Zhurnal'' 75(5): 653-663. There are eight species within the genus ''Cecina'': * '' Cecina alta'' Prozorova, 1996 * '' Cecina elenae'' Prozorova, 1996 * '' Cecina kunashirica'' Prozorova, 1996 * '' Cecina manchurica'' A. Adams, 1861WoRMS (2010). ''Cecina manchurica'' A. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397034 on 2011-04-04 - type species * '' Cecina murshudovi'' Prozorova, 1996 * '' Cecina satrae'' Prozorova, 1996 * ''

Cecina scarlatoi Cecina may refer to * Cecina (river), a river in Tuscany, Italy * Cecina (meat), a Spanish and Mexican culinary specialty made of beef * ''Cecina'' (gastropod), a genus of freshwater snails in the family Pomatiopsidae * Cecina, Tuscany, Italy * C ...

'' Prozorova, 1996 * '' Cecina tatarica'' (Schrenck, 1867)

References

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