Neritona juttingae

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Neritona juttingae
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Apertural view of a shell of Neritona juttingae. Scale bar is 10 mm.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Neritona
Species:
N. juttingae
Binomial name
Neritona juttingae
(Mienis, 1973) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Nerita aculeataGmelin, 1791 (unavailable: a junior homonym of Nerita aculeata O.F. Müller, 1774)
  • Nerita aculeataGmelin, 1791, non Müller, 1774
  • Neritina juttingaeMienis, 1973

Neritona juttingae is a species of a freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusc in the family Neritidae. [2]

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Description

Distribution

The holotype was found in the River Musi near Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Human use

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

References

  1. 1 2 Mienis H. K. (1973). "Notes on recent and fossil Neritidae 3. Neritina juttingae, new name for Nerita aculeata Gmelin, 1791, non Müller, 1774 (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Basteria37: 1–2.
  2. ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Neritona juttingae (Mienis, 1973). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1329625 on 2021-09-26
  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

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