- English Common Name
- Weasel Ear Shell
- Scientific name
- Cassidula mustelina
- Taxonomy
- Order: Ellobiida , Family: Ellobiidae
- Size
- About 2 cm
- Species Distribution
- Okinawa Island (the only place found in Japan), widely distributed in the Philippines and Southeast Asia
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- This species is a big hollow-shelled snail and found in mangrove trees attached to mangrove trunks. Hollow-shelled snails are closely related to the family of Helicidae (typical land snails), many live in mangrove trees and tidal flats close to land.
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- Updated September 2017
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