''Cremnoconchus syhadrensis'' is a species of

freshwater snail Freshwater snails are gastropod mollusks which live in fresh water. There are many different families. They are found throughout the world in various habitats, ranging from ephemeral pools to the largest lakes, and from small seeps and springs ...

, an aquatic

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 in the family Littorinidae, the winkles or periwinkles.Reid, David G. (2010). ''Cremnoconchus syhadrensis'' (Blanford, 1863). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446845 on 2011-09-05 ''Cremnoconchus syhadrensis'' is the type species of the genus ''Cremnoconchus''.Blanford W. T. (1869). "Notes on some Indian and Mascarene Land-Shells". '' Annals and Magazine of Natural History'' (4)3
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Distribution

This species occurs in Western Ghats, India.(file created 29 July 2010) "FRESH WATER MOLLUSCAN SPECIES IN INDIA". accessed 5 September 2011. 11 pp
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Description

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Littorinidae Gastropods described in 1863 {{Littorinidae-stub