Semisulcospira decipiens is a species of freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Semisulcospiridae.
| Semisulcospira decipiens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Semisulcospiridae |
| Genus: | Semisulcospira |
| Species: | S. decipiens
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| Binomial name | |
| Semisulcospira decipiens (Westerlund, 1883)[2]
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| Synonyms | |
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Melania niponica var. decipiens Westerlund, 1883 | |
Taxonomy
editType specimen were collected during the Vega Expedition led by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld in 1878–1880.[2] This species was originally described under the name Melania niponica var. decipiens by Swedish malacologist Carl Agardh Westerlund in 1883.[2]
Semisulcospira decipiens belong to the Semisulcospira niponica species group.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in Lake Biwa and in the Yodo River, Japan.[1]
The type locality is Lake Biwa.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Köhler F. & Rintelen T. (2011). "Semisulcospira decipiens". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011. Version e.T189228A8704130. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 November 2015.
- ^ a b c d (in German) Westerlund C. A. (1883). "Von der Vega-expedition in Asien gesammelte Binnen mollusken". Nachrichtsblatt der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 15(3–4): 48–59.
- ^ Davis G. M. (1969). "A taxonomic study of some species of Semisulcospira in Japan (Mesogastropoda: Pleuroceridae)". Malacologia 7: 211-294.