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Clithon
Sign in to saveClithon is a genus of freshwater snails or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderCycloneritida
- FamilyNeritidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,021
- With media
- 199
- Family
- Neritidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NHMUK, CAS, USNM, UCMP, SBMNH
- Recorded in
- Thailand, United Kingdom, Japan, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Samoa
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Clithon is a genus of freshwater snails or brackish snails that have an operculum, aquatic gastropod molluscs in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
== Distribution == Distribution of the genus Clithon includes the Comoro Islands (3 species), Madagascar (3 or more species) and the Mascarene Islands.
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