Oncomelania minima is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Pomatiopsidae.Kameda Y. & Kato M. (2011). "Terrestrial invasion of pomatiopsid gastropods in the heavy-snow region of the Japanese Archipelago". BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 118. .
Distribution
This species occurs in Ishikawa Prefecture and in Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
It is Vulnerable species in Japan. "ナタネミズツボ" . 日本のレッドデータ検索システム [Japanese Red List Data Book], accessed 17 July 2011.
Ecology
Oncomelania minima is a freshwater species which inhabits mountain streamlets.
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