Clithon diadema
| Clithon diadema | |
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| Apertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
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| Abapertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Subfamily: | Neritinae |
| Tribe: | Theodoxini |
| Genus: | Clithon |
| Species: | C. diadema |
| Binomial name | |
| Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Nerita diadema Récluz, 1841 (original combination) | |
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
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