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Neripteron

Neripteron
Shell of Neripteron auriculatum. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Neritimorpha
Order:	Cycloneritida
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron Lesson, 1831[1]
Type species
Neritina auriculata Lamarck, 1816
Synonyms[2]
Clithon (Alinoclithon) H. B. Baker, 1923[3] Clithon (Neritoclithon) H. B. Baker, 1923 Dostia Gray, 1842[4] Neripteron (Dostia) Gray, 1842· accepted, alternate representation Neripteron (Neripteron) Lesson, 1831· accepted, alternate representation Neripteron (Pseudonerita) H. B. Baker, 1923· accepted, alternate representation Neritina (Dostia) Gray, 1842 Neritina (Neripteron) Lesson, 1831 Neritopteron P. Fischer, 1885[5] (unjustified emendation of Neripteron) Pseudonerita H. B. Baker, 1923

Neripteron is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.^[6]

Neripteron auriculatum is the type species of the genus Neripteron.^[2]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Neripteron include:

• Neripteron amoenum (Gould, 1847)^[2]
• Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816)^[2]
• Neripteron bensoni (Récluz, 1850)^[2]
• Neripteron bicanaliculatum (Récluz, 1843)^[2]
• Neripteron cariosum (W. Wood, 1828)^[2]
• Neripteron cornucopia (Benson, 1836)^[2]
• Neripteron dilatatum (Broderip, 1833)^[2]
• Neripteron holosericeum (Garrett, 1872)^[2]
• Neripteron lecontei (Récluz, 1853)^[2]
• Neripteron mauriciae (Lesson, 1831)^[2]
• Neripteron neglectum (Pease, 1861)^[2]
• Neripteron obtusum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1836)^[2]
• Neripteron pileolus (Récluz, 1850)^[2]
• Neripteron platyconcha (Annandale & Prashad, 1919)^[2]
• Neripteron rostratum (Reeve, 1856)^[2]
• Neripteron rubicundum (Martens, 1875)^[2]
• Neripteron simoni (Prashad, 1921)^[2]
• Neripteron siquijorense (Récluz, 1844)^[2]
• Neripteron spirale (Reeve, 1855)^[2]
• Neripteron subauriculatum (Récluz, 1843)^[2]
• Neripteron subviolaceum Eichhorst, 2016^[2]
• Neripteron taitense (Lesson, 1831)^[2]
• Neripteron vespertinum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1849)^[2]
• Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791)^[2]

Species brought into synonymy

• Neripteron asperulatum (Récluz, 1843):^[2] synonym of Neritina asperulata (Récluz, 1843)
• Neripteron holosericum : synonym of Neripteron holosericeum (Garrett, 1872) (misspelling)
• Neripteron schneideri Riech, 1935: synonym of Neripteron auriculatum (Lamarck, 1816)

References[edit]

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• hhorst T.E. (2016). Neritidae of the world. Volume 1. Harxheim: Conchbooks. 695 pp