Ellobium chinense

Ellobium chinense is a species of small, air-breathing, snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ellobiidae.

apertural and abapertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense

old shell of Ellobium chinense

Ellobium chinense
Apertural view of shell of Ellobium chinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Ellobiida
Family:	Ellobiidae
Genus:	Ellobium
Species:	E. chinense
Binomial name
Ellobium chinense (Pfeiffer, 1864)
Synonyms
Ellobium chinensis

Distribution

This species occurs in Japan (Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku) and it is Vulnerable species in Japan.^[1]