Neripteron violaceum

Neripteron violaceum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron
Species:	N. violaceum
Binomial name
	Neripteron violaceum; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
	Dostia crepidularia (Lamarck, 1822); Neripteron (Dostia) violaceum (Gmelin, 1791); Nerita violacea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination); Neritina (Dostia) crepidularia Lamarck, 1822; Neritina (Dostia) violacea (Gmelin, 1791); Neritina crepidularia Lamarck, 1822; Neritina depressa Benson, 1836; Neritina exaltata Récluz, 1850; Neritina gracilenta G. B. Sowerby I, 1825; Neritina mesopotamica Mousson, 1874; Neritina mitrula Menke, 1830; Neritina montrouzieri Gassies, 1875; Neritina plumata Menke, 1830; Neritina schaeflii Mousson, 1874; Neritina tourannensis Souleyet, 1842; Neritina violacea (Gmelin, 1791)

Neripteron violaceum is a species of brackish water snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Description

Apertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.

Abapertural view of a shell of Neripteron violaceum.

It is a part of ornamental pet trade for freshwater aquaria.[2]

Bouchet, P. (2016). Neripteron violaceum (Gmelin, 1791). In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=875310 on 2017-11-10
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

"Familie Neritidae – Nixenschnecken". schnecken-und-muscheln.de (in German). Archived from the original on 6 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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Neripteron violaceum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Neritimorpha
Superfamily:	Neritoidea
Family:	Neritidae
Genus:	Neripteron
Species:	N. violaceum
Binomial name
*Neripteron violaceum* (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Dostia crepidularia (Lamarck, 1822) Neripteron (Dostia) violaceum (Gmelin, 1791) Nerita violacea Gmelin, 1791 (original combination) Neritina (Dostia) crepidularia Lamarck, 1822 Neritina (Dostia) violacea (Gmelin, 1791) Neritina crepidularia Lamarck, 1822 Neritina depressa Benson, 1836 Neritina exaltata Récluz, 1850 Neritina gracilenta G. B. Sowerby I, 1825 Neritina mesopotamica Mousson, 1874 Neritina mitrula Menke, 1830 Neritina montrouzieri Gassies, 1875 Neritina plumata Menke, 1830 Neritina schaeflii Mousson, 1874 Neritina tourannensis Souleyet, 1842 Neritina violacea (Gmelin, 1791)