Vitta rubricata

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Vitta rubricata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Vitta
Species:
V. rubricata
Binomial name
Vitta rubricata
(Morelet, 1858)
Synonyms

Neritina rubricataMorelet, 1858 (original combination)

Contents

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

Distribution

This species is found in Africa, in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Habitat

This nerite lives in rivers.

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References

  1. Jørgensen, A.; Kristensen, T.K. & Stensgaard, A-S. (2010). "Neritina rubricata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 2010: e.T40090A10304422. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T40090A10304422.en . Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vitta rubricata (Morelet, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1325857 on 2021-09-27