Neritilia manoeli

Neritilia manoeli
Neritilia manoeli shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Helicinoidea
Family: Neritiliidae
Genus: Neritilia
Species: N. manoeli
Binomial name
Neritilia manoeli
(Dohrn, 1866)
Synonyms[1]

Neritina manoeli (Dohrn, 1866)

Neritilia manoeli is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Neritiliidae.

The survival of this species is threatened by habitat loss. The width of the adult shell is 4 mm.[2]

Ecology

Distribution

This species is found on São Tomé and Príncipe and in Cameroon.[1]

Habitat

This nerite lives in rivers.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Jørgensen A. (2008). Neritilia manoeli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 June 2011.
  2. ↑ Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-7484-0026-5.


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