Clithon

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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.[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:

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Clithon exclamationis (Mabille, 1895): synonym of Clithon bicolor (Récluz, 1843)
  • Clithon glabratum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1849):[3] 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

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Montfort (1810). Conch. Syst. Vol. 2. p. 326.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Brown, D. S. (1994). Freshwater snails of Africa and their medical importance (2nd ed.). London; Bristol, PA: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-7484-0026-3.
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  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gassies (1863). Faune conchyliologique terrestre et fluvio-lacustre de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Part 1. Vol. 24. Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux. pp. 104–105 (Pl.8, Fig.5).
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  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Myers, Marilyn J.; Meyer, Chris P.; Resh, Vincent H. (2000). "Neritid and thiarid gastropods from French Polynesian streams: how reproduction (sexual, parthenogenetic) and dispersal (active, passive) affect population structure". Freshwater Biology. 44 (3): 535–545. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00599.x. ISSN 0046-5070.
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  • 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

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