Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Amphibolidae Scientific name Salinator fragilis | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Amphiboloidea Genus Salinator Rank Species | |
Similar Salinator, Amphibolidae, Amphiboloidea, Bembicium, Heterobranchia | ||
Salinator fragilis is a species of small, air-breathing land snail with an operculum, a pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Amphibolidae. The species is sometimes referred to as the fragile air breather. It was originally described as being in the genus Ampullaria, but was split off into the genus Salinator in 1900 by Charles Hedley.
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Distribution
This species lives on the coast of Australia and also in Melanesia.
Habitat
This snail lives in salt-marshes and estuaries.
Diet
This species feeds on detritus.
References
Salinator fragilis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA