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Clithon

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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.

Species

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderCycloneritida
  5. 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

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Neritidae
Image
Clithon retropictus(Hamamatsu,Shizuoka,Japan,2007).jpg
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taxon name
Clithon
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Clithon
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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Description
  • Species
  • Ecology
  • References
  • External links

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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