Cassidula nucleus

Cassidula nucleus is a species of air-breathing marine snail, a pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

Cassidula nucleus
A live Cassidula nucleus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Cassidula
Species:	C. nucleus
Binomial name
Cassidula nucleus (Gmelin, 1791)

Distribution

Cassidula nucleus occurs in India,^[1] Vietnam,^[2] Malaysia,^[3] China.^[4]

Description

An apertural view of a shell of Cassidula nucleus.

The shell length of an adult snail is 16.0 mm.^[5]

Ecology

Cassidula nucleus is a predominantly mangrove-associated species.^[2]