Auriculastra duplicata

Auriculastra duplicata is a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusc in the family Ellobiidae, the salt marsh snails.

Auriculastra duplicata
Auriculastra duplicata, in this image only the shell is visible
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Auriculastra
Species:	A. duplicata
Binomial name
Auriculastra duplicata (Pfeiffer, 1854)
Synonyms
Melampus duplicatus L. Pfeiffer, 1854 (original combination)

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan in Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku. It is considered to be a vulnerable species in Japan, in Okinawa Prefecture.^[1]