Neripteron violaceum

Neripteron violaceum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron
Species:	N. violaceum
Binomial name
Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
Dostia crepidularia(Lamarck, 1822) Neripteron (Dostia) violaceum(Gmelin, 1791) Nerita violaceaGmelin, 1791 (original combination) Neritina (Dostia) crepidulariaLamarck, 1822 Neritina (Dostia) violacea(Gmelin, 1791) Neritina crepidulariaLamarck, 1822 Neritina depressa Benson, 1836 Neritina exaltata Récluz, 1850 Neritina gracilenta G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 Neritina mesopotamica Mousson, 1874 Neritina mitrula Menke, 1830 Neritina montrouzieri Gassies, 1875 Neritina plumataMenke, 1830 Neritina schaefliiMousson, 1874 Neritina tourannensis Souleyet, 1842 Neritina violacea(Gmelin, 1791)

Neripteron violaceum is a species of brackish water snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. ^[2]

Description

Apertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.

Abapertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.

Distribution

India: Andaman Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Kamataka, Orissa, Tamilnadu and West Bengal; Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Timor, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Australia, Philippines and Japan ^[2]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. ^[3]

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875310 on 2017-11-10
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875310 on 2021-09-22
3. 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

External links

• "Familie Neritidae – Nixenschnecken". schnecken-und-muscheln.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
• Gmelin J.F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie. Paris: published by the Author, 232 pp
• Benson, W. H. (1836). Descriptive catalogue of a collection of land and fresh-water shells, chiefly contained in the Museum of the Asiatic Society. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 5(59): 741–750
• 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
• Récluz, C. A. (1850). Des Neritines, section des Crepidiformes (sandaliformes; Mitrulae, Menke, Synop. moll 1830). Journal de Conchyliologie. 1: 58-72