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Prefectural Natural Monument
Molluscs
Hot-spring Snail (Onsen-mizugomatsubo)
Stenothyra thermaecola
A tiny snail living in hot-spring waters that are too warm for most animals. It is found only in a few places in Oita and is vulnerable to changes in the hot-spring environment, so it is protected as a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Stenothyra thermaecola
- Group
- Molluscs
- Prefectures
- Oita
- 日本語
- オンセンミズゴマツボ
- 简体中文
- 温泉水碁螺
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The Hot-spring Snail (Onsen-mizugomatsubo) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Oita.
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