- Source: Cecina manchurica
Cecina manchurica is a species of sea snail that has a gill and an operculum, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.
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.
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.
References
Further reading
(in Japanese) 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.
