Clithon mertonianum

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Clithon mertonianum
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Apertural view of Clithon mertonianum shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
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Abapertural view of Clithon mertonianum shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Clithon
Species:
C. mertonianum
Binomial name
Clithon mertonianum
(Récluz, 1843)
Synonyms [1]

Nerita mertoniana Récluz, 1843

Clithon mertonianum is a species of a freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

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Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2016). Clithon mertonianum (Récluz, 1843). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873247 on 2017-11-30
  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
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