Semisulcospira niponica

Semisulcospira niponica
	Semisulcospira niponica shells
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (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. niponica
Binomial name
	Semisulcospira niponica; (Smith, 1876)[2]
Synonyms
	Melania niponica Smith, 1876

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Lake Biwa, Japan.[1]

Semisulcospira niponica lives in habitats with rocky bottom.[1]

Köhler F. & Rintelen T. (2011). "Semisulcospira niponica". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. Version e.T188913A8661687. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 November 2015.
Smith (1876). Quart. J. Conch 1: 124.

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