''Pirenella incisa'' is a
species
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of medium-sized
sea snail
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or mud snail, a
marine
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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
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in the
family
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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
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