Neripteron auriculatum

Neripteron auriculatum
Neripteron auriculatum shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron
Species:	N. auriculatum
Binomial name
Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms [1]
Neripteron (Neripteron) auriculatum(Lamarck, 1816)· accepted, alternate representation Neripteron schneideriRiech, 1935 Nerita dubia Turton, 1932 Nerita subalata Souleyet, 1842 Nerita tomliniTurton, 1933 Neritina (Neripteron) auriculataLamarck, 1816 Neritina alata Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 Neritina auriculataLamarck, 1816 (original combination) Neritina deshayesii Pease, 1868 Neritina inaurita Mörch, 1872 Neritina layardi Reeve, 1855 Neritina marmorata Brazier, 1877

Neripteron auriculatum is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neripteron auriculatum is the type species of the genus Neripteron. ^[1]

Distribution

India

Description

Apertural view of a shell of Neripteron auriculatum.

Human use

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

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873815 on 2017-12-07
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

• Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls
• Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp

External links

• Lamarck, J. B. P. A. de M. de. (1816). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques et polypes divers. Part 23
• Broderip, W. J.; Sowerby, G. B., I. (1829). Observations on new or interesting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal. 4: 359-379
• Souleyet (L.F.A.). (1842). Description de cinq nouvelles espèces de nérites fluviales provenant du voyage de la Bonite. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuviérienne. (1842): 269-270
• Reeve, L. A. (1855-1856). Monograph of the genus Neritina. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 9, pls 1-37 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London