Cipangopaludina malleata is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.[2]
Originally from Japan, C. malleata has been introduced to various areas along the Pacific coast of North America.[1]
The shell is described as thin and "egg-shaped"[3] with very rounded whorls. The spire is short, and the apex may become worn out in older specimens.[3] The name malleatus derives from Latin malleāre (to hammer) and refers to the "hammered-like sculpture" often found on the shell of this species.[3]
Cipangopaludina malleata is a species of large, freshwater snail with an operculum and a gill, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Viviparidae, the river snails.
Originally from Japan, C. malleata has been introduced to various areas along the Pacific coast of North America.
