Clithon diadema

Clithon diadema
Apertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Abapertural view of Clithon diadema 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. diadema
Binomial name
Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841)
Synonyms [1]
Nerita cardinalisLe Guillou, 1841 Nerita diadema Récluz, 1841 (original combination) Nerita michaudiRécluz, 1841 Nerita (Clithon) donovaniRécluz, 1843 Neritella penicillata Gould, 1859 Neritina bifasciata Schepman, 1918 Neritina cyanostomaMorelet, 1853 Neritina donovanaG.B. Sowerby II, 1849 Neritina horridaMabille, 1895 Neritina muticaG.B. Sowerby II, 1849 Neritina paziGassies, 1858 Neritina subocellataSchepman, 1885

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

1. 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
2. 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

• Hiroaki Fukumori, Evolutionary history, species diversity and biogeography of amphidromous neritid gastropods in the Indo-West Pacific

External links

• Media related to Clithon diadema at Wikimedia Commons