| Neripteron vespertinum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Neripteron |
| Species: | N. vespertinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Neripteron vespertinum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849) | |
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Neripteron vespertinum is a species of freshwater snail, [1] an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae. [2]
Its shell is flattened, generally thin, covered in a thick epidermis, and has a smooth interior and exterior. [3] The shell has an apparent olive green color that slickly grades into a dark black or a light brown color. [4] The width of the shell can go up to 1 inch, with wing resembling projections that start from the apex. [4]
This species is endemic to Hawai'i [3] and is traditionally found on all the Hawaiian Islands. [5] This mollusk is almost always found in freshwater, [3] specifically the slightly briny bottommost untouched small streams near big rocks. [6] They are also found in estuaries, on firm surfaces such as rocks, boulders, and bridge supports. [7]
The conservation status for the N. vespertinum is currently critically imperiled. Possible or ongoing threats to this mollusk include stream channelization and burial, pollution, water diversions; which have strained the distribution and abundance of these mollusks. Even more so, runoff or extensive flooding-resulting in high sedimentation turbidity, nutrients, trash and other pollutants emptying into streams, rivers, estuaries, and oceans also pose a crucial threat. [5]
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