Neripteron auriculatum

Neripteron auriculatum
Neripteron auriculatum shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Neripteron
Species: N. auriculatum
Binomial name
Neripteron auriculatum
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]

Neripteron schneideri Riech, 1935
Nerita dubia Turton, 1932
Nerita subalata Souleyet, 1842
Nerita tomlini Turton, 1933
Neritina alata Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829
Neritina auriculata Lamarck, 1816 (original combination)
Neritina deshayesii Pease, 1868
Neritina inaurita Mörch, 1872
Neritina layardi Reeve, 1855
Neritina marmorata Brazier, 1877

Neripteron auriculatum is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neripteron auriculatum is the type species of the genus Neripteron.[1]

Distribution

India

Description

Apertural view of a shell of Neripteron auriculatum.

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873815 on 2017-12-07
  2. ↑ 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


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