Clithon diadema
Apertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Abapertural view of Clithon diadema shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Clithon
Species:
C. diadema
Binomial name
Clithon diadema
(Récluz, 1841)
Synonyms[1]
  • Nerita cardinalis Le Guillou, 1841
  • Nerita diadema Récluz, 1841 (original combination)
  • Nerita michaudi Récluz, 1841
  • Nerita (Clithon) donovani Récluz, 1843
  • Neritella penicillata Gould, 1859
  • Neritina bifasciata Schepman, 1918
  • Neritina cyanostoma Morelet, 1853
  • Neritina donovana G.B. Sowerby II, 1849
  • Neritina horrida Mabille, 1895
  • Neritina mutica G.B. Sowerby II, 1849
  • Neritina pazi Gassies, 1858
  • Neritina subocellata Schepman, 1885

Clithon diadema is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail with an operculum, a nerite. It is an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Description

Clithon diadema shell.
Clithon diadema shell.

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon diadema (Récluz, 1841). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737508 on 2017-11-29
  2. ↑ 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 ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
  • Hiroaki Fukumori, Evolutionary history, species diversity and biogeography of amphidromous neritid gastropods in the Indo-West Pacific


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