Clithon corona

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.

Clithon corona
Clithon corona shell. Scale bar is 10 mm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Neritimorpha
clade Cycloneritimorpha
Superfamily:
Neritoidea
Family:
Neritidae
Subfamily:
Neritinae
Tribe:
Theodoxini
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 montacuti Récluz, 1843
Nerita montaguana Récluz, 1850
Nerita obscurata Récluz, 1842
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 vitiana Mousson, 1870

Distribution

Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu.[3]

Description
Abapertural view of Clithon corona shell.

Ecology

The freshwater crab Clibanarius fonticola uses shells of Clithon corona only.[3]

Human use

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[4]

References
  1. Köhler, F. 2011. Clithon corona. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T189626A8757261. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T189626A8757261.en. Downloaded on 27 November 2017.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2016). Clithon corona. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737510 on 2017-11-27
  3. Patsy A. McLaughlin & Talbot Murray (1990). "Clibanarius fonticola, new species (Anomura: Paguridea: Diogenidae), from a fresh-water pool on Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 10 (4): 695–702. doi:10.2307/1548413. JSTOR 1548413.
  4. Ng, T. H., Tan, S. K., Wong, W. H., Meier, R., Chan, S. Y., Tan, H. H., & Yeo, D. C. (2016). "Molluscs for sale: assessment of freshwater gastropods and bivalves in the ornamental pet trade". PLoS ONE 11(8): e0161130. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0161130
  • Récluz, C., 1841. Description de quelques espèces de nérites vivantes (2 partie, suit et fin),. Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne: 337-343
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