Cecina manchurica explained

Cecina manchurica is a species of sea snail that has a gill and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.^[1]

The specific name manchurica refers to Manchuria, the historical region where its type locality was situated.

Distribution

This is an Endangered species (type I, CR+EN) in Japan.^[2]

The type locality is "Olga and Vladimir Bays, Manchuria, under damp logs near the sea", today in Primorsky Krai, Russia.

Ecology

This species lives in very shallow water in littoral habitats, including decaying seaweed stranded on the beach.^[1]

Further reading

• 小菅 貞男 Kosuge S. (1967). "Cecina manchuricaの類縁関係 [Generic Relationships of ''Cecina manchurica'' A. Adams]". Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology (3): 1-2. CiNii.
• Suzuki T., Yamashita H., Miyagi T. & Tatara Y. (2009). "Cecina manchurica A. Adams, 1861 (Caenogastropoda: Pomatiopsidae) from Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan". Molluscan Divers 1: 5-11.

Notes and References

1. Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. .
2. "クビキレガイモドキ" . 日本のレッドデータ検索システム [Japanese Red List Data Book], accessed 17 July 2011.