- Japanese Common Name
- Miyakodori
- Scientific name
- Phenacolepas pulchella
- Taxonomy
- Order: Cycloneritida, Family: Phenacolepadidae
- Size
- About 11 mm (height is about 5 mm)
- Species Distribution
- Kanto region in Japan to Okinawa prefecture
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- This snail has lines in radial pattern on the shell. It is found as a group sticking on the bottom side of rocks that are half buried in tidal flats in estuaries. The color of these rocks is usually reddish-brown on the surface.
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- Updated July 2017
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