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Stenomelania plicaria
Species of snail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Stenomelania plicaria, commonly known as the chopstick snail or the yellow chopstick snail, is a species of trumpet snail, first described by I. von Born under the synonymized name Helix pilcaria (Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis (pg. 403)).[2]
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Description
S. plicaria maximum growth size has not been well studied. The Encyclopedia of Life states a maximum size of 2.4 in (61 mm),[3] though this number is known to vary among different sources. S. plicaria contains both a gill and an operculum, as well as a long, pointed dextrally coiled turreted shell,[3] fading from brown to light grey.
Distribution
Range of S. plicaria has not been described, though multiple sightings have been reported in the Southeast Asian[4] and South Pacific[3] regions.
Life cycle
S. plicaria is a gonochoric, broadcast spawner, beginning life as embryos, developing into planktonic trocophore larvae, later juvenile veligers, and finally adults.[5] Embryos, larvae, and veligers are unable to survive under freshwater conditions.
Synonymized names
This species has several synonyms:[6]
- Helix "plicata" (misspelled for plicaria)
- Helix plicaria
- Melania (Stenomelania) plicaria
- Melania (Stenomelania) plicaria var. cincta
- Melania acuta
- Melania anthracinca
- Melania arroensis
- Melania blossevilliana
- Melania cacuminata
- Melania corrugata
- Melania flammulata
- Melania fumosa
- Melania funiculus
- Melania hastula
- Melania offachiensis
- Melania scutulata
- Melania subulata
- Melanoides (Stenomelania) funiculus
- Melanoides (Stenomelania) plicaria
- Melanoides funiculus
- Melanoides hastula
- Melanoides plicaria
- Melanoides plicarius
- Stenomelania funiculus
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References
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