Clithon faba

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Clithon faba
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Clithon
Species:
C. faba
Binomial name
Clithon faba
Sowerby I, 1836
Synonyms
  • Clithon (Clithon) faba(G.B. Sowerby I, 1836) (new combination)
  • Nerita interruptaRécluz, 1843
  • Neritina fabaG. B. Sowerby I, 1836 (original combination)
  • Neritina faba var. fasciataE. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina faba var. sagittataE. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina faba var. strigosaE. von Martens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina fasciataMartens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina interruptaG. B. Sowerby II, 1849 (probable synonym)
  • Neritina sagittataMartens, 1878 (junior synonym)
  • Neritina strigosaMartens, 1878
  • Neritina troscheliRécluz, 1850 (a junior synonym)

Clithon faba is a species of brackish water snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Philippines, Singapore and in Japan: Honshū and Kyūshū, [3] Vietnam. [4]

Clithon faba shell. Clithon faba shell.png
Clithon faba shell.

References

  1. Köhler F. (2011). Clithon faba. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189416A8728700. Downloaded on 07 April 2016.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Clithon faba (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737540 on 2021-09-23
  3. (in Japanese) "カノコガイ" Archived 2011-10-04 at the Wayback Machine . Japanese Red Data Book. accessed 26 August 2010.
  4. Zvonareva S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi : 10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0 .

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