Clithon

Clithon
Clithon
Clithon retropictus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Neritimorpha

clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Subfamily: Neritinae
Tribe: Theodoxini
Genus: Clithon
Montfort, 1810[1]
Species

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Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails[2] or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

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Distribution

Distribution of the genus Clithon includes the Comoro Islands (3 species),[2] Madagascar (3 or more species) and the Mascarene Islands.[2]

Description

Some species, such as Clithon longispina have spines on its shell.[2]

Species

Species in the genus Clithon include:

  • Clithon chlorostoma
  • Clithon cuvieriana
  • Clithon diadema
  • Clithon faba Sowerby, 1836 - synonym: Clithon sowerbianus Récluz, 1842
  • Clithon longispina (Récluz, 1841)[2]
  • Clithon michaudi
  • Clithon oualaniensis
  • Clithon retropictus (von Martens, 1879)

Ecology

It live in rapid streams.[2]

References

  1. ^ Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. 2: 326.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Brown D. S. (1994). Freshwater Snails of Africa and their Medical Importance. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0 7484 0026 5.
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