Clithon lentiginosum
Appearance
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Clithon lentiginosum | |
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Apertural view of Clithon lentiginosum shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
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Abapertural view of Clithon lentiginosum 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. lentiginosum
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Binomial name | |
Clithon lentiginosum (Reeve, 1855)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Neritina lentiginosa Reeve, 1855 |
Clithon lentiginosum is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Human use
[edit]It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[2]
References
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- ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Clithon lentiginosum. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873242 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