Species of gastropod
Clithon diadema
Apertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Abapertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Neritimorpha
Order:
Cycloneritida
Family:
Neritidae
Genus:
Clithon
Species:
C. diadema
Binomial name
Clithon diadema
Synonyms [1]
Nerita cardinalis Le Guillou, 1841
Nerita diadema Récluz, 1841 (original combination)
Nerita michaudi Récluz, 1841
Nerita (Clithon) donovani Récluz, 1843
Neritella penicillata Gould , 1859
Neritina bifasciata Schepman , 1918
Neritina cyanostoma Morelet, 1853
Neritina donovana G.B. Sowerby II, 1849
Neritina horrida Mabille, 1895
Neritina mutica G.B. Sowerby II, 1849
Neritina pazi Gassies, 1858
Neritina subocellata Schepman, 1885
Clithon diadema is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail with an operculum , a nerite . It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae , the nerites.
Description
Clithon diadema shell.
Clithon diadema shell.
Human use
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria .[2]
References
^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737508 on 2017-11-29
^ Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11 (8): e0161130. doi :10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
Hiroaki Fukumori, Evolutionary history, species diversity and biogeography of amphidromous neritid gastropods in the Indo-West Pacific
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