Semisulcospira forticosta

Semisulcospira forticosta is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Semisulcospiridae.

Semisulcospira forticosta
Drawing on an apertural view of a shell of Semisulcospira forticosta
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
Family:
Semisulcospiridae
Genus:
Semisulcospira
Species:
S. forticosta
Binomial name
Semisulcospira forticosta
(Martens, 1886)[2]
Synonyms

Melania forticosta Martens, 1886

Distribution

This species occurs in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea.[3] The type locality is Mungyeong in Korea.[2]

Description

The female reproductive system was described by Prozorova & Rasshepkina in 2005.[3]

References
  1. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 18 November 2015.
  2. Martens E. von (1886). "In Japan und Korea gesammelten land-und Süßwasser-Mollusken". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 5: 76–80. page 78–79.
  3. Prozorova L. A. & Rasshepkina A. V. (2005). "On the reproductive anatomy of Semisulcospira (Cerithioidea: Pleuroceridae: Semisulcospirinae)". The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 9: 123–126. PDF.

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