Vitta cristata

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Vitta cristata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Vitta
Species:
V. cristata
Binomial name
Vitta cristata
(Morelet, 1864)
Synonyms

Neritina cristataMorelet, 1864 (original combination)

Vitta cristata is a species of small freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites. [2]

Distribution

This species of nerite is found in Africa: in Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, and Sierra Leone.

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References

  1. Van Damme, D.; Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K.; Stensgaard, A.-S. (2020). "Vitta cristata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T14627A151142801. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T14627A151142801.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta cristata (Morelet, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1319898 on 2021-09-26