Neritina oweniana

Neritina oweniana is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neritina oweniana

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Subfamily:
Neritininae
Tribe:
Neritinini
Genus:
Neritina
Species:
N. oweniana
Binomial name
Neritina oweniana
(Wood, 1828)
Synonyms

Nerita oweniana Wood, 1828

Distribution

This species is found in Africa: in Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria.

Habitat

This small nerite lives in rivers.

References
  1. Curtis, B.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K. & Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Neritina oweniana". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T40087A10302858. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T40087A10302858.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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