- English Common Name
- Shining Leptoma
- Scientific name
- Leptopoma nitidum
- Taxonomy
- Order: Architaenioglossa, Family: Cyclophoridae
- Size
- About 1.5 cm (width of the shell)
- Species Distribution
- Amami Group to Taiwan
- Okinawan Common Name
- All-chin-nan, Oh-rue-chin-nan
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- The species can be distinguished from other species of Cyclophoridae due to its appearance of green color with the transparent shell. It dwells the underside of tree leaves. Its habitat ranges from natural forests to forested areas nearby residential areas.
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- Updated January 2018
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