Vitta glabrata

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Vitta glabrata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Vitta
Species:
V. glabrata
Binomial name
Vitta glabrata
(Sowerby, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Clithon glabrata [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Clithon glabratum(G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
  • Neritina glabrataG. B. Sowerby II, 1849

Vitta glabrata is a species of brackish water [1] snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae. [2]

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Description

The length of the shell is 8.5 mm. [1]

Distribution

This species occurs in Africa from Gambia to Angola.

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References

  1. 1 2 Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   0-7484-0026-5.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta glabrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1362570 on 2021-09-26