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Clithon

Clithon
Clithon retropictum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Neritimorpha
Order: Cycloneritida
Superfamily: Neritoidea
Family: Neritidae
Genus: Clithon
Montfort, 1810[1]
Type species
Nerita corona
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Clithon (Clithon) Montfort, 1810
  • Clithon (Pictoneritina) Iredale, 1936
  • Corona Récluz, 1850 (objective synonym)
  • Nerita (Clithon) Montfort, 1810
  • Neritina (Clithon) Montfort, 1810
  • Pictoneritina Iredale, 1936*
  • Theodoxus (Pictoneritina) Iredale, 1936 (new combination)

Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails[2] or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[3]

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 coronatum have spines on its shell.[2]

Species

Clithon diadema shell

Species in the genus Clithon include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Clithon exclamationis (Mabille, 1895): synonym of Clithon bicolor (Récluz, 1843)
  • Clithon glabratum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849):[4] synonym of Vitta glabrata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)
  • Clithon longispina (Récluz, 1841):[2] synonym of Clithon coronatum (Leach, 1815) (junior synonym)

Ecology

It lives 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.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Clithon Montfort, 1810. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737507 on 2020-08-21
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon Montfort, 1810. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737507 on 2017-11-29
  5. ^ Bouchet, P. (2016). Clithon lentiginosum. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873242 on 2017-11-29
  6. ^ Gassies (1863) Faune conchyliologique terrestre et fluvio-lacustre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Part 1. Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux. 24: 104–105 (Pl.8, Fig.5)
  7. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Clithon reticulare (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=873608 on 2018-09-26
  8. ^ Myers M. J., Meyer C. P. & Resh V. H. (2000). "Neritid and thiarid gastropods from French Polynesian streams: how reproduction (sexual, parthenogenetic) and dispersal (active, passive) affect population structure". Freshwater Biology 44: 535–545. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00599.x.
  9. ^ Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon spinosum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737522 on 2016-09-06
  10. ^ GBiF: Clithon undatus
  • Le Guillou, E., 1841. Description de quatorze Nerites nouvelles. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 4: 343-347
  • Mabille, J., 1895. Mollusques des Nouvelles-Hébrides recueillis par M. le Docteur François. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire naturelle d'Autun 8: 393-411
  • Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp


Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clithon