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Neripteron

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderCycloneritida
  5. FamilyNeritidae
Habitatbrackish, freshwater

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
41
With media
25
Family
Neritidae
Collections
MNHN, NCSM, INHS, UF
Recorded in
United States, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, French Polynesia, American Samoa, Fiji, Philippines

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Neripteron auriculatum shell.png
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Neripteron
Commons category
Neripteron
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Neripteron is a genus of brackish water and freshwater snails, an aquatic gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Neritininae of the family Neritidae, the nerites.

Neripteron auriculatum is the type species of the genus Neripteron.

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