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| Clithon retropictum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Neritimorpha |
| Order: | Cycloneritida |
| Superfamily: | Neritoidea |
| Family: | Neritidae |
| Genus: | Clithon Montfort, 1810[1] |
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| Nerita corona Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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Clithon is a genusoffreshwater snails[2]orbrackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.[3]
Distribution of the genus Clithon includes the Comoro Islands (3 species),[2] Madagascar (3 or more species) and the Mascarene Islands.[2]
Some species, such as Clithon coronatum have spines on its shell.[2]
Species in the genus Clithon include:
It lives in rapid streams.[2]
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