Clithon corona | |
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Clithon corona from the Philippines | |
Clithon corona shell. Scale bar is 10 mm. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
Order: | Cycloneritida |
Family: | Neritidae |
Genus: | Clithon |
Species: | C. corona |
Binomial name | |
Clithon corona | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Clithon variabilis Lesson, 1831 Contents |
Clithon corona 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. [3] [4] [5]
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Native to the Western Pacific, from the Philippines to Micronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Samoa, Taiwan, and the Okinawa and Ryukyu Islands of Japan. [3] [4] [5]
The freshwater crab Clibanarius fonticola uses shells of Clithon corona only. [5]
It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. [6]
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