Clithon corona

Clithon corona
Clithon corona from the Philippines
Clithon corona shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Clithon
Species:	C. corona
Binomial name
Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [2]
Clithon variabilis Lesson, 1831 Nerita cardinalis Le Guillou, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Nerita cardinalis Röding, 1798) Nerita corona Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Nerita keraudreniiLe Guillou, 1841 Nerita montacutiRécluz, 1843 Nerita montaguana Récluz, 1850 Nerita obscurata Récluz, 1842 Nerita recluzianaLe Guillou, 1841 Neritina aspera Philippi, 1845 Neritina brevispina Lamarck, 1822 Neritina coronoides Lesson, 1831 Neritina corrugata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 Neritina deltoidea Mousson, 1870 Neritina discors Martens, 1878 Neritina flexuosa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 Neritina hapa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 Neritina monilifera Martens, 1878 Neritina musiva Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 Neritina paya Gassies, 1858 Neritina rhitidophora Tapparone Canefri, 1893 Neritina ruida Mousson, 1857 Neritina subrugata Baird, 1873 Neritina unidentataRécluz, 1850 Neritina vitiana Mousson, 1870

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]}

Description

Abapertural view of Clithon corona shell.

Distribution

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]}

Ecology

The freshwater crab Clibanarius fonticola uses shells of Clithon corona only. ^[5]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. ^[6]

References

1. Köhler, F. (2011). "Clithon corona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T189626A8757261. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189626A8757261.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon corona. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737510 on 2017-11-27
3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737510 on 2021-09-28
4. "Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758)". SeaLifeBase. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
5. Patsy A. McLaughlin & Talbot Murray (1990). "Clibanarius fonticola, new species (Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae), from a fresh-water pool on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu". Journal of Crustacean Biology . 10 (4): 695–702. doi:10.2307/1548413. JSTOR   1548413.
6. 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 ONE11(8): e0161130. doi : 10.1371/journal.pone.0161130

• Récluz, C., 1841. Description de quelques espèces de nérites vivantes (2 partie, suit et fin),. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne: 337-343
• Le Guillou, E.J.F., 1841. Description de quatorze Nérites nouvelles. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne; ...: 343-347. Paris.
• Haynes, A. 2005. An evaluation of members of the genera Clithon Montfort, 1810 and Neritina Lamarck 1816 (Gastropoda: Neritidae). Molluscan Research 25(2): 75-84
• Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp.

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae
• Philippi, [R.] A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71
• Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls A, 1-23. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe.
• Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, 2(1): 1-471
• Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls A, 1-23. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe.

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