Vittina waigiensis
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Neritimorpha clade Cycloneritimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Vittina |
| Species: | V. waigiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vittina waigiensis | |
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Neritina waigiensis Lesson, 1831 | |
Vittina waigiensis is a species of a freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae.
Description
Apertural view of a shell of Vittina waigiensis. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Abapertural view of a shell of Vittina waigiensis. Scale bar is 10 mm._-_Neritidae_-_Mollusc_shell.jpeg)
Vittina waigiensis shells and opercula
Human use
Vittina waigiensis is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[3]
References
- ↑ (in French) Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). "Voyage autour du monde, éxécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825". Zoologie. Tome Second, 1re Partie: pp. 1-471; Paris, Arthus Bertrand, pp. 1-24 (1830), 25-471 (1831), page 379.
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2016). Vittina waigiensis (Lesson, 1831). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850640 on 2017-12-30
- ↑ 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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