OKINAWA IKIMONO Lab | Remon Kanoko(in japanese)

Japanese Common Name: Remon Kanoko
Scientific name: Clithon souverbiana
Taxonomy: Order: Cycloneritimorpha, Family: Neritidae
Size: About 1 cm (size of the shell)
Species Distribution: Okinawa Islands and southward, Indo-West Pacific; Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened; Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened; This species inhabits beach groundwater, which is water in sands or gravels in areas such as river beds and tidal flats. It hatches from an egg as a veliger larva with long hair-like cilia and it spreads to different areas with ocean currents. The concern this species is facing is that coastal developments are destroying natural shorelines and deteriorating/reducing the habitats.; Updated December 2018