Neritodryas cornea

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Neritodryas cornea
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Two shells of Neritodryas cornea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Neritodryas
Species:
N. cornea
Binomial name
Neritodryas cornea
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Nerita corneaLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
  • Neritina amphibiaLesson, 1831
  • Neritina ampullariaLesson, 1831
  • Neritina cornea(Linnaeus, 1758) (new combination)

Neritodryas cornea, the horny nerite, [3] is a species of freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [4]

Contents

Neritodryas cornea is the type species of the genus Neritodryas. [5]

Description

Apertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea. Neritodryas cornea shell.png
Apertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea.
Abapertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea. Neritodryas cornea shell 2.png
Abapertural view of a shell of Neritodryas cornea.

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Marshall, B. (2017). Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850635 on 2017-12-12
  2. ↑ "AnimalBase :: Nerita cornea speciestaxon homepage".
  3. ↑ "Neritodryas cornea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritodryas cornea (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850635 on 2021-09-28
  5. ↑ "Genus summary for Neritodryas". AnimalBase, accessed 12 December 2017.
  6. ↑ 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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