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Clithon corona

Clithon corona
Clithon corona from the Philippines
Clithon corona shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Clithon
Species:	C. corona
Binomial name
Clithon corona (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
Clithon variabilis Lesson, 1831 Nerita cardinalis Le Guillou, 1841 (invalid: junior homonym of Nerita cardinalis Röding, 1798) Nerita corona Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Nerita keraudrenii Le Guillou, 1841 Nerita montacuti Récluz, 1843 Nerita montaguana Récluz, 1850 Nerita obscurata Récluz, 1842 Nerita recluziana Le Guillou, 1841 Neritina aspera Philippi, 1845 Neritina brevispina Lamarck, 1822 Neritina coronoides Lesson, 1831 Neritina corrugata Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 Neritina deltoidea Mousson, 1870 Neritina discors Martens, 1878 Neritina flexuosa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 Neritina hapa Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 Neritina monilifera Martens, 1878 Neritina musiva Hombron & Jacquinot, 1848 Neritina paya Gassies, 1858 Neritina rhitidophora Tapparone Canefri, 1893 Neritina ruida Mousson, 1857 Neritina subrugata Baird, 1873 Neritina unidentata Récluz, 1850 Neritina vitiana Mousson, 1870

Clithon corona 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.^[3][4][5]

Description[edit]

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Distribution[edit]

Native to the Western Pacific, from the PhilippinestoMicronesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Samoa, Taiwan, and the Okinawa and Ryukyu IslandsofJapan.^[3][4][5]

Ecology[edit]

The freshwater crab Clibanarius fonticola uses shells of Clithon corona only.^[5]

Human use[edit]

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.^[6]

References[edit]

• Récluz, C., 1841. Description de quelques espèces de nérites vivantes (2 partie, suit et fin),. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne: 337-343
• Le Guillou, E.J.F., 1841. Description de quatorze Nérites nouvelles. Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne; …: 343-347. Paris.
• Haynes, A. 2005. An evaluation of members of the genera Clithon Montfort, 1810 and Neritina Lamarck 1816 (Gastropoda: Neritidae). Molluscan Research 25(2): 75-84
• Eichhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp.

External links[edit]

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition, vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae]
• Philippi, [R. A. (1845). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 11: 50-71]
• Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls A, 1-23. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe.
• Lesson, R. P. (1830-1831). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie, 2(1): 1-471
• Martens, E. von. (1863-1879). Die Gattung Neritina. In: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W., Weinkauff, H. C., Eds. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt. Zweiten Bandes zehnte Abtheilung. 1-303, pls A, 1-23. Nürnberg: Bauer & Raspe.

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