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''Pirenella incisa'' is a
species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of medium-sized
sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
or mud snail, a
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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000  extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
in the
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Potamididae, the horn snails.


Distribution

This is a vulnerable species (VU) in Japan.日本のレッドデータ検索システム カワアイ
. Accessed 3 April.


Ecology

''Pirenella incisa'' is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.


References


Further reading

* Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) ''Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp. * Maki E., Ohtaki H. & Tomiyama K. (2002). "Distribution and substrate preferences among four batillariid and potamidid species, with observations on seasonal changes in the distribution of ''Cerithideopsilla djadjariensis'' (K. Martin, 1889) (Gastropoda: Potamididae)". ''Venus'' 61: 61-76.


External links

Potamididae Gastropods described in 1848 Taxa named by Jacques Bernard Hombron Taxa named by Honoré Jacquinot {{Potamididae-stub